Attracting entries from the U.S., Great Britain, France, and Italy, the Schneider Trophy fostered a rapid advance in aviation technology. This book devotes an entire chapter to each of the 12 races, with details of pre-race planning, navigation and seaworthiness trials, the race itself, and, of course, aircraft designs and engines.
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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The regulations for the 1913 Schneider races were formulated at almost the last moment, as late as January of that year, giving manufacturers little time to build special aircraft. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
float chassis, navigability trials, seaplane meeting, land chassis, navigability test, seaworthiness tests, float struts, buoyancy reserve, marker boat, upper mainplane, stabilising floats, magnesium pistons, wooden fairings, contest machines, slave rods, starboard float, warping wires, lower mainplane, wingtip floats, lighter moored, wing radiators, seaplane record, eliminating trials, rear float, aviation petrol Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sea Lion, Schneider Trophy, Royal Aero Club, Gordon Bennett, Grand Prix, Bay Shore, Dal Molin, Flight Lieutenant, Sadi Lecointe, Hampton Roads, D'Arcy Greig, Great Britain, Southampton Water, World War One, Hubert Broad, Jacques Schneider, San Andrea, Coupe Schneider, Lake Garda, Max Wing Loading, Weight Empty, Coupe Maritime, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, Schneider Special New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The regulations for the 1913 Schneider races were formulated at almost the last moment, as late as January of that year, giving manufacturers little time to build special aircraft. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
float chassis, navigability trials, seaplane meeting, land chassis, navigability test, seaworthiness tests, float struts, buoyancy reserve, marker boat, upper mainplane, stabilising floats, magnesium pistons, wooden fairings, contest machines, slave rods, starboard float, warping wires, lower mainplane, wingtip floats, lighter moored, wing radiators, seaplane record, eliminating trials, rear float, aviation petrol Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sea Lion, Schneider Trophy, Royal Aero Club, Gordon Bennett, Grand Prix, Bay Shore, Dal Molin, Flight Lieutenant, Sadi Lecointe, Hampton Roads, D'Arcy Greig, Great Britain, Southampton Water, World War One, Hubert Broad, Jacques Schneider, San Andrea, Coupe Schneider, Lake Garda, Max Wing Loading, Weight Empty, Coupe Maritime, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, Schneider Special New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Schneider Trophy Racers by R. S. Hirsch in Back Matter
- Inland Revenue: Selective Examination of Accounts: [Hc]: [1993-94]: House of Commons Papers: [1993-94] by Great Britain on page 199
- British Piston Aero Engines by Alec Lumsden in Back Matter
- Historical Aviation Album (All American Collector's Series) by Paul R. Matt in Back Matter
- Stepping Stones: Teachers Book: Foundations for Learning: Ourselves by Neil Griffiths on page 93
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