[?]E RECORDS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 20, 16 September 1931, Page 3

[?]E RECORDS

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;h success jNT of schneider pilots and flachines 3PEEDS EXPECTED lent. 15, 5.5 p.m.

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i ost opeciai bBrvicc. RUGBY, Tuesday. s speed record of 379.05 ur, the 100 kilometre of 342.70 miles an hour, hneider Cup course re,08 miles per hour, are achievements of British nd material during the mass flying yesterday. •kable speeds will propassed in a few days, with ce" engine which is- being >pared for the attack on New Engine e used in one of the new e planes for the further Flight-Lieutenant Stainie 100 kilometre record, isly held by Britain and by Elight-Lieutenant n the first two laps of his | the Schneider Cup seven laps constituting a 218 miles, involved 21 triangular course, and by Flight Lieutenant t a speed exceeding that ih winner in the last race n miles an hour. all foreign competitors wn from the c.ontest, yesing constituted a most splay and high praise is eutenants Stainforth and or the superb flying and mwn by both. esting to note that Lieuthman in one Schneider ihieved the average speed an seven times greater f the first Schneider Cup 3, 340 miles an hour as [5 miles per hour. itish Superiority nous crowd was greatly the spectacle of yesterbreaking, which is every;nised as having again es•itain's complete superioricience and technique of flying- ; of the engineers and de;he triumph is not overress comments. 1 sent his congratulations l-Leader Orlebar, FlightBoothman, Flight-Lieu-nforth, and the officers ncerned in the high speed ir victory in the Cup coni the attainment of the igh speed world's record. Official Speed al Aero Club to-day isicial speed of Lieutenant attempt on the internaametre record which difvhat from the figures anmediately after the event. me was based on a stopng. d as measured up on an time device as required flonal regulations, show-ght-Lieutenant Stainforth d a mean speed on the )f 379.05 miles per hour kilometres per hour. The is therefore slightly more les per hour greater than of 357.7 miles per hour [929 by Squadron-Leader urther Attempt sather conditions are fav-Flight-Lieutenant Stainmake a further attempt i the world's record. Pendiult of this attempt, it is phether yesterday's record imitted to the Federation ue Internationale.