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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...
Into a gusty sky which experts called "barely safe'' for speed flying, Flight Lieut. George H. Stainforth took off from the waters at Calshot one afternoon last week. His purpose: to beat his own record of 379.05 m. p. h. average for the 1.8-mi. j speed course, which he made in the Schneider Trophy Races last month (TIME, Sept. 21). His spidery seaplane was the same but the engine was new, specially built for this test, with an estimated life of perhaps an hour at top speed when it would develop 2,600 h. p. The fuel...
...From Calshot, England, comes the proud report that four World's speed records have been set by Englishmen. At present British sportsmen hold speed records in airplanes, automobiles, motorcycles, and motorboats. A persistent but vague explanation for the current troubles of the world seems to be present in announcements of the sort...
...England had to do was let a sea- plane dawdle seven times around the 32-mi. triangle at Calshot to take permanent possession of the Schneider Trophy last week, since Italy and France withdrew from the race (TIME, Sept. 14). But everyone knew the British flyers would try to better the winning speed of 1929 (328.6 m. p. h.), and the straightaway record (357.7 m. p. h.) made a week later by Squadron Leader A. H. Orlebar...
Plans for the Schneider Cup Races at Calshot, England, were complete, down to a regulation which prohibited small boys from flying kites in the vicinity of the course above the Solent. Then there occurred, last week, the culminating blow in a series of misfortunes which had led up to this year's contest. Italy and France, the two nations who were to challenge England's possession of the Cup, announced that they would be unable to participate in the races unless they were postponed for six months. Both gave as reasons bad weather, ill luck and loss...