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...Some of the last new stunts: inverted tailspin and inverted falling leaf, introduced about 1930 by Lieut. Al Williams, first performed in England by R.A.F. Pilot George Stainforth; outside loop, introduced in 1927 by Lieut. James Doolittle...
Killed in Action. R.A.F. Wing Commander George H. Stainforth, 43, veteran speed flyer; in the Middle East. He won the Schneider Cup (air-race trophy) in 1931, then broke the world's seaplane speed record. He was the oldest fighting pilot in the Middle East...
...next year a Frenchman flew one 278 m.p.h. The Frenchman's speed remained the world record until last week when it was bettered by only 18 m.p.h. Meanwhile, since 1923, seaplane speeds have been upped 40, 50, 60 m.p.h. from year to year. Last year Britain's Lieut. Stainforth flew 406 m.p.h...
...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. George H. Stainforth. To attack that record, the air force developed a Macchi seaplane powered by two Fiat 1,500 h.p. engines in tandem. To fly it. Air Minister Italo Balbo delegated a new pilot named Neri, a minuscule man whose exploits since he joined the force a short time ago earned...
From Rome last week issued a report that a Lieut. Neri of the Italian Air Force had streaked around Lake Garda in a seaplane at 463.26 m. p. h. Fastest speed heretofore recorded was 408.8 m. p. h. by Lieut. George H. Stainforth of Britain's Royal Air Force as an aftermath to last year's Schneider Trophy Race. Lieut. Neri's trial was unofficial...