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His feat threw into relief a curious combination of facts: Nine years ago the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes was won at 177 m.p.h. That year Capt. "Al" Williams flew a landplane 266 m.p.h. and the next year a Frenchman flew one 278 m.p.h. The Frenchman's speed remained the world...
Twice von Gronau was shot down unhurt. He was ultimately promoted to a safe headquarters job. After the War he returned to East Prussia to farm the lands of his father. General Hans H. K. von Gronau, Commander of the 41st Reserve Corps at the Battle of the Marne. Under...
Four days later, all the other boats in the race had been accounted for but no one had seen the Curlew. A Bermuda tug, the Sandboy, made a 70 mile search around Bermuda, found nothing. The U. S. Consul at Bermuda asked the U. S. Coast Guard to start a...
Because her ranks of racing seaplanes and pilots had been decimated by crashes, Italy had to let England take permanent possession of the Schneider Trophy last year without a struggle. But the Italian Air Force has ever since had its eye on the record of 408.8 m.p.h. held by Lieut...
Club for the expressed purpose of determining the best air route across the Atlantic. But spade-bearded General Italo Balbo, promoter of the conference, was not really looking for information. He was well satisfied with the lane from West Africa to Brazil across which he had led a squadron of...