AVIATION.
'Australian Press Association & Sun. THE NAVIGABILITY TEST. VENICE, Sept. 24. It has officially been decided that the British macliiuo credited with the fastest time in the Schneider Cup trials must repeat the navigability test today, as it loft the water prematurely after taxing.
THE SCHNEIDER CUP. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) VIENNA, Sept. 25.' The Britishers took their places in the Schneider Cup in the pink of condition, clad only in shirts and shorts, yet it is certain they will be so exhausted at the end of the race they will have to be carried ashore. The course is a triangular, left-handed one, and full of dangers. One turn has an angle of about seventeen degrees. Here only seconds may separate tlie machines when turning, and death may be the penalty of an error of judgment. Another danger to the pilots lies in the blood pressure caused by banking at steep angles. Experience has shown the pilots easily lose consciousness under such pressure. The British competitors are:—Kinkend, bora in South Africa in 1897. Has a wonderful war record. Webster, of Walsall, was a private in ait infantry regiment liefore bo joined the Air Force. It is understood his machine is the speediest of the Britishers. Worslev was horn in Kensington in 1898 and joined the 'Royal Navy as mechanic.
The start has been fixed provisionally for 2.30 this afternoon.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1927, Page 2
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231AVIATION. Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1927, Page 2
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