GREAT SEAPLANE RACE
SCHNEIDER CUP HIGH SPEEDS EXPECTED (British Official Wireless. — Copyright) Reed. 11.37 a.m. RUGBY, Tuesday. In the international seaplanee race {or the Schneider Cup, which will be held at Venice on Saturday, the competitors will start at five-minute intervals. Very high speeds are expected, and although secrecy was observed regarding seven of the latest types of seaplanes sent by Britain as possible entrants, it is known that the machines and engines have been greatly improved in preparation for the race. De Bernard! won the race last year at a speed of 246 miles an hour. The seven laps of the Schneider course, involving extremely difficult turns, total about 280 miles. Sir Phillip Sassoon, Under-Secretary for Air, will make a flight of 800 miles to-morrow to Venice in order to see officially the Royal Air Force pilots repres anting Great Britain take part, in the Schneider Cup race.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 9
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151GREAT SEAPLANE RACE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 9
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