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Died. Air Chief Marshal (ret.) Sir John Nelson Boothman, 56, winner of the last Schneider Trophy air race (in 1931) by flying at 340.08 m.p.h. (then a record speed) in a Supermarine 56B, director during World War II of photo-reconnaissance for the RAF Coastal Command; in Stanmore, England...
...rent each plane for eight years, and pay off the full purchase price in rental installments. The lessee will also pay interest on the loans and a fee (usually ¼% to 2%, although some go as high as 6%) to the leasing company. Says National Equipment President R. L. Boothman: "We engineer the lease, we own the property, and we depreciate the property. Leasing is not cheaper than ownership-but it can be far more profitable...
...sake don't mention it. . . . You'll have all the other Schulte managers sending for it." Rich folk entered automats, got 20 nickels, ate nothing. Change was plentiful in the subways. "We're taking the place of them banksters," boasted an Interborough boothman...
When Flight Lieut. J. H. Boothman's seaplane flashed around the Calshot course at an average of 340.08 m. p. h. last September, the Schneider Trophy became Great Britain's permanent possession and the biennial Schneider Races were officially ended unless Britain should choose to put the trophy up again.* Already international apathy had all but finished the competition. The U. S. withdrew in 1926. France dropped out for lack of funds last year. Italy's team was so depleted by crashes that it canceled its entry. Even England would have had no entry last year...
Flight Lieut. J. H. Boothman was given the honor of formally winning permanent possession of the Schneider Trophy. In a mosquito-like seaplane of blue & silver designated Super marine Rolls-Royce S-6B, he darted over the Solent at about 300 ft. altitude, taking wide turns at the corners of the course to guard against disqualification. His first two laps were the fastest, averaging 342.9 m. p. h. When he crossed the finish line and shot his plane skyward, to lose speed for a landing, his average time for the race...
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