Abstract
THE eleventh contest for this trophy for marine aircraft was arranged to take place on Sept. 12 at 12.30 P.M., over a triangular course above the Solent and Spithead off the Isle of Wight. Owing to the last-minute withdrawal of the French and Italian challengers, the event resolved itself into a mere flight around the 350 kilometres (217.5 land miles) course by one of the British entrants in order to qualify. The flight was completed on Sept. 13 by Flight-Lieut. Boothman, R.A.F., flying a Supermarine S6B. seaplane, fitted with a Rolls-Royce R engine, at an average speed of 340.08 miles per hour. During the flight he also broke the world's speed record over a measured distance of 100 km. with flying start, at 342.9 m.p.h. The trophy, having now been won by Great Britain on three consecutive occasions, becomes our property, and the Schneider Trophy competition thus ceases to exist.
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The Schneider Trophy Contest. Nature 128, 471–473 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128471a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/128471a0