#schneider trophy

[redarmyscreaming]

Bernard H.V.220 was a 1930s French racing seaplane and the last attempt by Bernard compete in the Schneider Trophy race.

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1974 ad for Airfix model kits:

Supermarine S.6B - Designed by R.J. Mitchell who went on to design the Supermarine Spitfire.

BAC-SUD Concorde - BAC stood for British Aircraft Corporation and SUD was Sud Aviation. Concorde first flew in 1969, began commercial flights in 1976 and was retired in 2003.

Cutty Sark - still on public display at Greenwich, London.

H.M.S. Manxman - launched in 1940 and broken up (scrapped) in 1973.

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak - Entered service in the US in 1954, it retired from the USAF in 1964 but was still flown by National Guard units into the early 70's.

[bigglesworld]

Gloster IIIA N194 RN. Achieved a speed of 199mph and placed 2nd in Schneider Trophy in 1925

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1934 Macchi-Castoldi MC 72 - Thijs Postma

repost, improved colors

[dieselfutures]

Gnome Sopwith Tabloid 1914, Schneider Trophy Winner - Kenneth A. McDonough

[anyskin]

1922  SIAI S.51

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1914 Sopwith Tabloid Schneider trophy - Kenneth McDonough

via Greg VanWyngarden

[redarmyscreaming]

20 April 1914: Cecil Howard Pixton, flying a Sopwith Tabloid float plane, wins the Coupe d’Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy). Pixton completed 28 laps of a 10-kilometer triangular course at Monaco in 2 hours, 13-2/5 seconds. His average speed for the race was 137.442 kilometers per hour (85.403 miles per hour).