TERRIFIC SPEED
LIEUT. STAINFORTH EXCEEDS 415 M.P.H. IN BRITISH SEAPLANE SPECIAL ENGINE USED RUGBY, Tuesday. At Calshot this evening Flight-Lieu-tenant Stainfo,rth in the Vickers Supermarine seaplane 36B fitted with a specially tuned "sprint" Rolls-Royce engine designed to develop 2,600 horsepower, attempted to lower his own world's speed record of 379 miles an hour. Flight Lieutenant Stainforth's speed wa3 408.8 miles an hour. His fastest laps were 415.2, 405.1, 409.5, and 405.4.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 33, 1 October 1931, Page 3
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