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THE spectacular setting of the Schneider Cup Race and the terrific speeds of 360 m.p.h. at which the British pilots lapped the course tend to obscure the enormous mass of scientific work of which this fine achievement is one of the more dramatic illustrations. It is on the incredible speeds attained that the excited layman focuses his attention—the mere outward and visible sign—but the problems of engine design, of structural strength under the enormous stresses in turning, of stability and controllability, of the aerodynamic properties of propellers and the other exposed aeroplane parts—these lie masked behind this single item of speed performance.
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Aeronautical Research in Great Britain. Nature 124, 560 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124560a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124560a0