The symbol Schneiaer success sne supermarine S65 ended dozen action-packed races bringing seaplanes world domination over landplanes superior power lines 5ejc Q Don Berliner AMERICA ENTERED Schneider Trophy Race real 1923 completely trans formed well-established series inter national seaplane speed competitions Modified factory-built aircraft went out true racers came Private enterprise went out full government sponsorship came Improving old designs became passe emphasis testing very advanced ideas aerodynamics engines site seventh Schneider Race Cowes England September 27-28 428-mi triangular course between Isle Wight coast near Portsmouth flown five times total 214 mi exception entry USA aircraft showed usual modest second final entry series great Schneider seaplane races see Americans coming getting out Italians hanging gamely British finally sewing up trophy also see first big day fellow named Doolittle would go bigger things men made history boosted evolution aviation process Part 2 40 Model Aviation Photos 1923 1925 Curtiss Racers Smithsonian Institution others British Aerospace Corp Drawings Bjorn Karistrom yearly improvements British cleanedup seaplane called Supermarine Sea Lion III last years Sea Lion II smaller wings powerful Napier Lion engine flown 1922 winner Henri Biard other British entry Blackburn Pellet also biplane flying boat pusher engine Reginald Kenworthy would have raced it sank during trials French finally received Italianbuilt CAMS flying boats entered two flown Maurice Hurel Georges dOisy Blanchard-Bleriot boat damaged testing Latham L 1 boat damaged after landing England US Navy other hand prepared race great enthusiasm fine clear view what really needed achieve high speed seaplane Four racers brought Cowes pair Curtiss CR-3sA-6080 Al Williams flown 4th place 1922 Pulitzer Race would raced Rutledge Irvine A-608 1 Bert Acosta won 1921 Pulitzer raced David Rittenhouse Both super-clean biplanes converted Pulitzer-class landplanes floatplanes powered screaming 470-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines packed tight cowlings engines much aerodynamics brought victory led world-wide acceptance Only four aircraft took off race Curtiss CR-3s first followed Sea Lion III Hurels CAMS 38 Hurel unknowingly damaged seaplane taxiing starting line forced out second lap Biard bettered 1922 winning -t 0510FEeT 0123euiqB 1923 CURTISS CR3 liquid-cooled V-i 2s Navy two other airplanes ready Wright NW-2 flown E Gorton crashed trials its engine blew up Curtiss TR-3A flown Frank Wead reasons connected ascension power Benito Mussolini Fascists Italy ready field team go B 4 oi 23ETER o510reeg 41- B 25 CURTISS R3C2 October 1981 41 David Rittenhouse prouder lookshis clean Curtiss CR-a first American airplane win Schneider 1923 Young Jimmy Doolittle took PulitzerTrophy Racer Curtiss R3C-2 turned 1925 Schneider champion near Baltimore MD Schneider engines have long silent airplanes have van ished final winning Supermarine S6B view Science Museum London along trophy Curtiss P30-2 Doolittle won 1925 race display National Air & Space Museum Washington Macchi M39s 1926 race museum Milan Italy along three little Fiat C-29s Macchi Castoldi MC72 holds 441-mph record Supermarine S6 flown Atcherly 1929 museum South ampton England may two others weve missed wrecked dismantled lost World War II air raids 1 B C 1926 MACCHI M39 C o5IOET 110 III oi23SITER E 1927 5UPERMARIE S5 speed 20 mph never contention Curtiss Racers simply stole show Irvine stormed across finish line average 1733 mph fastest lap 177 mph almost 28 mph ahead old record Rittenhouse taken off short time later faster machine finished 1773 mph win Schneider Trophy USA aviation world shocked perfor mance just over hour extremely fast flying old way put rest No longer could anyone seriously consider entering cleaned-up flying boat now would real racers nothing order create real racers would take finest aeronautical minds country could muster along very large amounts money After long period preparation race earnest 1924 Schneider cancelled due lack foreign entries challenge United States Instead US Navy allowed Lt Ralph Oftsie fly FAI seaplane speed records 1923 runner-up CR-3 credited 17825 mph 100 km 200 km US called race could have would have meant two Schneider wins row would have needed keep trophy permanently 1925 race held October 26 Baltimore MD seven laps 31ml course US four Curtiss Racers three R3C-2s developments CR-3 500-hp Curtiss V-1400 engines R2C-2 Curtiss D-12 reserve racer R3C-2s flown Ralph Oftale George Cuddihy Navy Army pilot Jimmy Doolittle British obviously learned US victory 1923 brought pair superb Gloster biplanes flown Bert Hinkler Hubert Broad another seaplane least great leap forward Curtiss CR-3 Supermarine 54 sleek mid-wing monoplane powered 680-hp Napier Lion designed Reginald Mitchell would later gain fame brains behind Spitfire 160-hp hot Curtisses less drag probably would have won race crashed during practice flight Italy came last flying boats pair cantilever monoplane Macchi M33s powered 500-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines mounted overhead struts flown veteran Giovanni deBriganti Ricardo Morselli race over almost before began Doolittle first off immediately began reeling off laps above 235 mph Next take off Broad beautiful Gloater III unable manage much over 200 mph remember Schneider record 177 mph R3C-2s Cuddihy Oftsie roaring along about 225 mph giving indication 1-2-3 sweep Yanks Finally deBriganti tookoffintheonly Macchi M33 thathadpassed its trials mistook pylons added four miles lap lap six Oftsies engine broke magneto shaft forced out lap seven Cuddihys engine lost its oil caught fire averaging 219mph 221 mph respectively left Doolittle continued charge around course smooth steady finish amazing speed 232573 mph 50 mph faster previous winner Along way set FAI seaplane records 23477 mph 100 km 23436 mph 22 km 42 Model Aviation no upermsrine agan dynastyof mighty British monoplanes 1927 made everyone forget about seaplanes two wings Sidney Websters 282 mph too much Italians AB first historic days Doo little eventually joined 1932 Cleveland GeeBee 1942 over Tokyo B-25 Broad finished second Gloster III 199 mph deBriganti other finisher 168 mph although probably doing close 195 mph 1926 Schneider held November 13 Norfolk VA seven laps around 31-mi tri angle race between US Italy British Supermarine Gloster entries home waiting new muct powerful engines US entered Christian Schilt 1925winning R3C-2 Cuddihy Curtiss R3C-4 modified racer flown 1925 William Tomlinson Curtiss F6C-3 reserve seaplane R3C-3 700-hp geared Packard V-12 crashed trials Italians brought three Macchi M39s began long series thrilling monoplanes similar general design Supermarine racers 1926 Macchis powered 800-hp Fiat V-12 engines flown Mario deBernardi Adriano Bacula Arturo Ferrarin closest race since start series 13 years before Bacula off first running close 220 mph o 2Z K/ D 3.c T R fI\ 1-itt lO.EET E 5UPERMARIa S6 31-mi course planned September 26 battle between Britains Air Ministry Italys Regia Aeronautica need large amounts public money well established US British team consisted two Supermarine followed Tomlinson Curtiss Hawk never seen fill-in Ferrarin next take off streaking around 240 mph broke oil line fourth lap retired Next came Cuddihy averaging 240-mph range too drop out late race broken fuel pump deBemardi got off water previous four still air making very exciting spectacle lapped course 245 mph better slowly built up lead last six start Schilt R3C-2 sped along about same speed previous winner still some 15 mph slower deBemardi deBemardi clear winner 2465 mph Schilt well back 231 mph Bacula third 218 mph Tomlinson brought up rear solid victory Italian team monoplanes Never again would anyone try win biplane racer Because change attitude US government toward racing research tool never again would American airplane pilot race Schneider Trophy 1927 race Venice Italy seven-lap competition around standard length z2Z 05 October 1981 43 .r uuuuauuIu u11UF1U5U u ying unicer Waghorn clocked 3S mph Supermarine S6 madethe worldsflghters obsolete wuing quies ana peacevui osremy nppiing waTer ou gives no hint its blazing speed retired Schneider Trophy set first 400 mph World Speed Record led Spitfire 7 0 ATh -4JETA -It 1OET E SUPfRMARI 56B 0 E fuuIA 05 7 Li J -- powered 900-hp Napier Lion engines flown Sidney Webster Oswald Worsley two Gloster lYs also Lions flown Kinkead Slatter Short Crusader its 800-hp sleeve-valve Bristol Mercury radial engine crashed due crossed aileron controls test Italians three Macchi M52s next step development begun M39 pilots deBernardi Ferrarin racers 1000-hp Fiat AS3 engines Frederico Guazetti 880-hp Fiat AS2 Plans American Al Williams enter privately-supported Packard-Kirkham Racer came nothing race time six pure-bred speed machines ready though worries about Italians engines given trouble practice Webster Worsley Kinkead went out began clocking laps better 270 mph very first lap Ferrarin went outwith engine problems second deBernardi dropped Out same reason after having timed 263 mph full lap remaining four blazed along until sixth lap Kinkead pulled Gloster IYB out because crack propeller hub after averaging 273 mph Guasetti hung Italians until last turn last lap after having averaged 258 mph engine gave out left two Supermarine monoplanes streak across finish line themselves Webster won record 28166 mph Worsley second 27291 mph old record 246 mph gotten grand celebration British foolishly failed capitalize obviously superior speed S5 allowed deBernardi set first absolute world speed record ever held seaplane blazed 123MET I 10FE N / B D ABC0 I I I qC72 vv LLJLLiILLY LLWI along 3-km course 29676 M52s following March attacked own mark improved M52R raised 31843 record landplanes should have higher stuck 278 mph set 1924 no 1928 contest next held September 6-7 1929 Spithead Engiand between Isle Wight South Coast 31-mi course again flown seven laps once four sides two turns extremely tight British no less six racers ready two Supermarine S5s two new S6s two new Gloster VIs Italians five seaplanes though no country could race three Macchi M52R recordholder two new Macchi M67s powered 1500-hp Isotta-Fraschini engines tiny Fiat C-29 1000-hp Fiat engine novel Savoia S65 twin-boom floatplane 1 000 hp Isotta engine either end central pod Fiat flown Savoia ready race plane day unquestionably Supermarine S6 later called S6A Powered new 1900-hp Rolls Royce R engine flown Henry Waghom other famed exhibition pilot Richard Atcherly DArcy Greig pilot S5s remaining seaplanes held reserve time become apparent little gained through improved stream lining craft about clean could route greater speed therefore power year saw huge jumps horsepower through increased compression ratios ever-hotter fuels novel cooling systems Waghorn first fly set crowd million people its ear takeoff lap 1933 MACCHICASTOLDI MC72 324 mph settled down laps around 330 mph first Italians Dal Molin took off M52R latter sped around close 285 mph steadily lost ground Waghorn sleek Supermarine Greig next up older S5 well matched Italian seaplane running low 280s Remo Cadringher first M67 started out same speed teammate dropped out lap two exhaust fumes poured cockpit Giovanni Monti flew second M67s also quit second lap face full exhaust smoke averaged just over 300 mph full lap left Atcherly second new Supermarines attacked course great enthusiasm speeding around almost fast Waghom Unfortunately cut pylon making speed 326 mph unofficial finish Waghorn new record 32863 mph followed Dal Molin 2842 mph Greig 2821 mph British captured second straight solid victory needed retire Schneider Trophy First assault Absolute World Speed Record After runs variety seaplanes pilots result new mark 3577 mph Sqdn Ldr Orlebar 56 last 12 Schneider Racers anticlimax no came forth challenge Britains High Speed Flight new Supermarine S6B entirely too much existing racer planned super seaplanes still tested built designed dreamed about S6B S6 improved floats better cooling power boost 2350 hp result seaplane lapped 31-mi course 340 mph would Continued page 119 44 Model Aviation will easier get some Super Hustler Mk II another engine has available some time test engine latest version understand significant differences ignition system have no personal experience earlier model cannot compare two Hustler significantly different Big Bangers Instead magneto uses onboard battery coil generate spark timing provided Hall Effect sensor electronic amplifier arrangement results cleaner looking engine since usual flywheel magneto coil gone carb front cylinder Hustler easily-cowled engine other hand ignition system requires relative myriad wires attendant increased probability failure test runs cut short problems couldnt straigtened out field First crimped-on battery connectors came off managed locate problem effect temporary fix Later engine began run rough refused start found lead soldered ground lug broken took care still no spark finally decided put off further attempts until could sort things Out As result did get some larger props have fuel consumption figures covered range props including recommended 20-8 figures show peak Zinger 20-6 will add data can collect Like Evra Hustler appears effort produce Big Banger configura tion closer what modelers have come expect certainly accomplishes wonder its worth added complication ignition system Schneider Races/Berliner Continued page 44 never have happened Lady Houston come forth contribution $500000 government refused foot bill Happily two S6B built John Boothman pilot # s-is 95 roared around course amazement thousands lined shores majestic demonstration aeronautics raised stature British aircraft industry its highest points wasnt very good racing Soon after race G H Stainforth became first person fly officially faster 400 mph set yet another Absolute World Speed Record time 4088 mph same S6B greastest seaplane raceand maybe greatest air racewas over Too bad French preparing several machines 1933 Schneider including pair Bernard Racers new 2000-hp Lorraine Radium engine Italians working bugs out sensational Macchi-Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines counterrotating propellers would later set 3-km speed record 441 mph still stands honor pilot Francesco Agello Though cheers soon died out lessons remained great mind Supermarine designer Mitchell came 1936 first thousands Spitfires Napier Lions Rolls Royce R engines came Merlin Curtiss D- 12 came Allison V-i 710 P-38 P-39 P-40 early P-Si ever-cleaner racers came flood knowledge about make airplanes go faster Isnt what air racing October1981 119 F4t ISpn~-~et3M331494a
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The symbol Schneiaer success sne supermarine S65 ended dozen action-packed races bringing seaplanes world domination over landplanes superior power lines 5ejc Q Don Berliner AMERICA ENTERED Schneider Trophy Race real 1923 completely trans formed well-established series inter national seaplane speed competitions Modified factory-built aircraft went out true racers came Private enterprise went out full government sponsorship came Improving old designs became passe emphasis testing very advanced ideas aerodynamics engines site seventh Schneider Race Cowes England September 27-28 428-mi triangular course between Isle Wight coast near Portsmouth flown five times total 214 mi exception entry USA aircraft showed usual modest second final entry series great Schneider seaplane races see Americans coming getting out Italians hanging gamely British finally sewing up trophy also see first big day fellow named Doolittle would go bigger things men made history boosted evolution aviation process Part 2 40 Model Aviation Photos 1923 1925 Curtiss Racers Smithsonian Institution others British Aerospace Corp Drawings Bjorn Karistrom yearly improvements British cleanedup seaplane called Supermarine Sea Lion III last years Sea Lion II smaller wings powerful Napier Lion engine flown 1922 winner Henri Biard other British entry Blackburn Pellet also biplane flying boat pusher engine Reginald Kenworthy would have raced it sank during trials French finally received Italianbuilt CAMS flying boats entered two flown Maurice Hurel Georges dOisy Blanchard-Bleriot boat damaged testing Latham L 1 boat damaged after landing England US Navy other hand prepared race great enthusiasm fine clear view what really needed achieve high speed seaplane Four racers brought Cowes pair Curtiss CR-3sA-6080 Al Williams flown 4th place 1922 Pulitzer Race would raced Rutledge Irvine A-608 1 Bert Acosta won 1921 Pulitzer raced David Rittenhouse Both super-clean biplanes converted Pulitzer-class landplanes floatplanes powered screaming 470-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines packed tight cowlings engines much aerodynamics brought victory led world-wide acceptance Only four aircraft took off race Curtiss CR-3s first followed Sea Lion III Hurels CAMS 38 Hurel unknowingly damaged seaplane taxiing starting line forced out second lap Biard bettered 1922 winning -t 0510FEeT 0123euiqB 1923 CURTISS CR3 liquid-cooled V-i 2s Navy two other airplanes ready Wright NW-2 flown E Gorton crashed trials its engine blew up Curtiss TR-3A flown Frank Wead reasons connected ascension power Benito Mussolini Fascists Italy ready field team go B 4 oi 23ETER o510reeg 41- B 25 CURTISS R3C2 October 1981 41 David Rittenhouse prouder lookshis clean Curtiss CR-a first American airplane win Schneider 1923 Young Jimmy Doolittle took PulitzerTrophy Racer Curtiss R3C-2 turned 1925 Schneider champion near Baltimore MD Schneider engines have long silent airplanes have van ished final winning Supermarine S6B view Science Museum London along trophy Curtiss P30-2 Doolittle won 1925 race display National Air & Space Museum Washington Macchi M39s 1926 race museum Milan Italy along three little Fiat C-29s Macchi Castoldi MC72 holds 441-mph record Supermarine S6 flown Atcherly 1929 museum South ampton England may two others weve missed wrecked dismantled lost World War II air raids 1 B C 1926 MACCHI M39 C o5IOET 110 III oi23SITER E 1927 5UPERMARIE S5 speed 20 mph never contention Curtiss Racers simply stole show Irvine stormed across finish line average 1733 mph fastest lap 177 mph almost 28 mph ahead old record Rittenhouse taken off short time later faster machine finished 1773 mph win Schneider Trophy USA aviation world shocked perfor mance just over hour extremely fast flying old way put rest No longer could anyone seriously consider entering cleaned-up flying boat now would real racers nothing order create real racers would take finest aeronautical minds country could muster along very large amounts money After long period preparation race earnest 1924 Schneider cancelled due lack foreign entries challenge United States Instead US Navy allowed Lt Ralph Oftsie fly FAI seaplane speed records 1923 runner-up CR-3 credited 17825 mph 100 km 200 km US called race could have would have meant two Schneider wins row would have needed keep trophy permanently 1925 race held October 26 Baltimore MD seven laps 31ml course US four Curtiss Racers three R3C-2s developments CR-3 500-hp Curtiss V-1400 engines R2C-2 Curtiss D-12 reserve racer R3C-2s flown Ralph Oftale George Cuddihy Navy Army pilot Jimmy Doolittle British obviously learned US victory 1923 brought pair superb Gloster biplanes flown Bert Hinkler Hubert Broad another seaplane least great leap forward Curtiss CR-3 Supermarine 54 sleek mid-wing monoplane powered 680-hp Napier Lion designed Reginald Mitchell would later gain fame brains behind Spitfire 160-hp hot Curtisses less drag probably would have won race crashed during practice flight Italy came last flying boats pair cantilever monoplane Macchi M33s powered 500-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines mounted overhead struts flown veteran Giovanni deBriganti Ricardo Morselli race over almost before began Doolittle first off immediately began reeling off laps above 235 mph Next take off Broad beautiful Gloater III unable manage much over 200 mph remember Schneider record 177 mph R3C-2s Cuddihy Oftsie roaring along about 225 mph giving indication 1-2-3 sweep Yanks Finally deBriganti tookoffintheonly Macchi M33 thathadpassed its trials mistook pylons added four miles lap lap six Oftsies engine broke magneto shaft forced out lap seven Cuddihys engine lost its oil caught fire averaging 219mph 221 mph respectively left Doolittle continued charge around course smooth steady finish amazing speed 232573 mph 50 mph faster previous winner Along way set FAI seaplane records 23477 mph 100 km 23436 mph 22 km 42 Model Aviation no upermsrine agan dynastyof mighty British monoplanes 1927 made everyone forget about seaplanes two wings Sidney Websters 282 mph too much Italians AB first historic days Doo little eventually joined 1932 Cleveland GeeBee 1942 over Tokyo B-25 Broad finished second Gloster III 199 mph deBriganti other finisher 168 mph although probably doing close 195 mph 1926 Schneider held November 13 Norfolk VA seven laps around 31-mi tri angle race between US Italy British Supermarine Gloster entries home waiting new muct powerful engines US entered Christian Schilt 1925winning R3C-2 Cuddihy Curtiss R3C-4 modified racer flown 1925 William Tomlinson Curtiss F6C-3 reserve seaplane R3C-3 700-hp geared Packard V-12 crashed trials Italians brought three Macchi M39s began long series thrilling monoplanes similar general design Supermarine racers 1926 Macchis powered 800-hp Fiat V-12 engines flown Mario deBernardi Adriano Bacula Arturo Ferrarin closest race since start series 13 years before Bacula off first running close 220 mph o 2Z K/ D 3.c T R fI\ 1-itt lO.EET E 5UPERMARIa S6 31-mi course planned September 26 battle between Britains Air Ministry Italys Regia Aeronautica need large amounts public money well established US British team consisted two Supermarine followed Tomlinson Curtiss Hawk never seen fill-in Ferrarin next take off streaking around 240 mph broke oil line fourth lap retired Next came Cuddihy averaging 240-mph range too drop out late race broken fuel pump deBemardi got off water previous four still air making very exciting spectacle lapped course 245 mph better slowly built up lead last six start Schilt R3C-2 sped along about same speed previous winner still some 15 mph slower deBemardi deBemardi clear winner 2465 mph Schilt well back 231 mph Bacula third 218 mph Tomlinson brought up rear solid victory Italian team monoplanes Never again would anyone try win biplane racer Because change attitude US government toward racing research tool never again would American airplane pilot race Schneider Trophy 1927 race Venice Italy seven-lap competition around standard length z2Z 05 October 1981 43 .r uuuuauuIu u11UF1U5U u ying unicer Waghorn clocked 3S mph Supermarine S6 madethe worldsflghters obsolete wuing quies ana peacevui osremy nppiing waTer ou gives no hint its blazing speed retired Schneider Trophy set first 400 mph World Speed Record led Spitfire 7 0 ATh -4JETA -It 1OET E SUPfRMARI 56B 0 E fuuIA 05 7 Li J -- powered 900-hp Napier Lion engines flown Sidney Webster Oswald Worsley two Gloster lYs also Lions flown Kinkead Slatter Short Crusader its 800-hp sleeve-valve Bristol Mercury radial engine crashed due crossed aileron controls test Italians three Macchi M52s next step development begun M39 pilots deBernardi Ferrarin racers 1000-hp Fiat AS3 engines Frederico Guazetti 880-hp Fiat AS2 Plans American Al Williams enter privately-supported Packard-Kirkham Racer came nothing race time six pure-bred speed machines ready though worries about Italians engines given trouble practice Webster Worsley Kinkead went out began clocking laps better 270 mph very first lap Ferrarin went outwith engine problems second deBernardi dropped Out same reason after having timed 263 mph full lap remaining four blazed along until sixth lap Kinkead pulled Gloster IYB out because crack propeller hub after averaging 273 mph Guasetti hung Italians until last turn last lap after having averaged 258 mph engine gave out left two Supermarine monoplanes streak across finish line themselves Webster won record 28166 mph Worsley second 27291 mph old record 246 mph gotten grand celebration British foolishly failed capitalize obviously superior speed S5 allowed deBernardi set first absolute world speed record ever held seaplane blazed 123MET I 10FE N / B D ABC0 I I I qC72 vv LLJLLiILLY LLWI along 3-km course 29676 M52s following March attacked own mark improved M52R raised 31843 record landplanes should have higher stuck 278 mph set 1924 no 1928 contest next held September 6-7 1929 Spithead Engiand between Isle Wight South Coast 31-mi course again flown seven laps once four sides two turns extremely tight British no less six racers ready two Supermarine S5s two new S6s two new Gloster VIs Italians five seaplanes though no country could race three Macchi M52R recordholder two new Macchi M67s powered 1500-hp Isotta-Fraschini engines tiny Fiat C-29 1000-hp Fiat engine novel Savoia S65 twin-boom floatplane 1 000 hp Isotta engine either end central pod Fiat flown Savoia ready race plane day unquestionably Supermarine S6 later called S6A Powered new 1900-hp Rolls Royce R engine flown Henry Waghom other famed exhibition pilot Richard Atcherly DArcy Greig pilot S5s remaining seaplanes held reserve time become apparent little gained through improved stream lining craft about clean could route greater speed therefore power year saw huge jumps horsepower through increased compression ratios ever-hotter fuels novel cooling systems Waghorn first fly set crowd million people its ear takeoff lap 1933 MACCHICASTOLDI MC72 324 mph settled down laps around 330 mph first Italians Dal Molin took off M52R latter sped around close 285 mph steadily lost ground Waghorn sleek Supermarine Greig next up older S5 well matched Italian seaplane running low 280s Remo Cadringher first M67 started out same speed teammate dropped out lap two exhaust fumes poured cockpit Giovanni Monti flew second M67s also quit second lap face full exhaust smoke averaged just over 300 mph full lap left Atcherly second new Supermarines attacked course great enthusiasm speeding around almost fast Waghom Unfortunately cut pylon making speed 326 mph unofficial finish Waghorn new record 32863 mph followed Dal Molin 2842 mph Greig 2821 mph British captured second straight solid victory needed retire Schneider Trophy First assault Absolute World Speed Record After runs variety seaplanes pilots result new mark 3577 mph Sqdn Ldr Orlebar 56 last 12 Schneider Racers anticlimax no came forth challenge Britains High Speed Flight new Supermarine S6B entirely too much existing racer planned super seaplanes still tested built designed dreamed about S6B S6 improved floats better cooling power boost 2350 hp result seaplane lapped 31-mi course 340 mph would Continued page 119 44 Model Aviation will easier get some Super Hustler Mk II another engine has available some time test engine latest version understand significant differences ignition system have no personal experience earlier model cannot compare two Hustler significantly different Big Bangers Instead magneto uses onboard battery coil generate spark timing provided Hall Effect sensor electronic amplifier arrangement results cleaner looking engine since usual flywheel magneto coil gone carb front cylinder Hustler easily-cowled engine other hand ignition system requires relative myriad wires attendant increased probability failure test runs cut short problems couldnt straigtened out field First crimped-on battery connectors came off managed locate problem effect temporary fix Later engine began run rough refused start found lead soldered ground lug broken took care still no spark finally decided put off further attempts until could sort things Out As result did get some larger props have fuel consumption figures covered range props including recommended 20-8 figures show peak Zinger 20-6 will add data can collect Like Evra Hustler appears effort produce Big Banger configura tion closer what modelers have come expect certainly accomplishes wonder its worth added complication ignition system Schneider Races/Berliner Continued page 44 never have happened Lady Houston come forth contribution $500000 government refused foot bill Happily two S6B built John Boothman pilot # s-is 95 roared around course amazement thousands lined shores majestic demonstration aeronautics raised stature British aircraft industry its highest points wasnt very good racing Soon after race G H Stainforth became first person fly officially faster 400 mph set yet another Absolute World Speed Record time 4088 mph same S6B greastest seaplane raceand maybe greatest air racewas over Too bad French preparing several machines 1933 Schneider including pair Bernard Racers new 2000-hp Lorraine Radium engine Italians working bugs out sensational Macchi-Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines counterrotating propellers would later set 3-km speed record 441 mph still stands honor pilot Francesco Agello Though cheers soon died out lessons remained great mind Supermarine designer Mitchell came 1936 first thousands Spitfires Napier Lions Rolls Royce R engines came Merlin Curtiss D- 12 came Allison V-i 710 P-38 P-39 P-40 early P-Si ever-cleaner racers came flood knowledge about make airplanes go faster Isnt what air racing October1981 119 F4t ISpn~-~et3M331494a
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The symbol Schneiaer success sne supermarine S65 ended dozen action-packed races bringing seaplanes world domination over landplanes superior power lines 5ejc Q Don Berliner AMERICA ENTERED Schneider Trophy Race real 1923 completely trans formed well-established series inter national seaplane speed competitions Modified factory-built aircraft went out true racers came Private enterprise went out full government sponsorship came Improving old designs became passe emphasis testing very advanced ideas aerodynamics engines site seventh Schneider Race Cowes England September 27-28 428-mi triangular course between Isle Wight coast near Portsmouth flown five times total 214 mi exception entry USA aircraft showed usual modest second final entry series great Schneider seaplane races see Americans coming getting out Italians hanging gamely British finally sewing up trophy also see first big day fellow named Doolittle would go bigger things men made history boosted evolution aviation process Part 2 40 Model Aviation Photos 1923 1925 Curtiss Racers Smithsonian Institution others British Aerospace Corp Drawings Bjorn Karistrom yearly improvements British cleanedup seaplane called Supermarine Sea Lion III last years Sea Lion II smaller wings powerful Napier Lion engine flown 1922 winner Henri Biard other British entry Blackburn Pellet also biplane flying boat pusher engine Reginald Kenworthy would have raced it sank during trials French finally received Italianbuilt CAMS flying boats entered two flown Maurice Hurel Georges dOisy Blanchard-Bleriot boat damaged testing Latham L 1 boat damaged after landing England US Navy other hand prepared race great enthusiasm fine clear view what really needed achieve high speed seaplane Four racers brought Cowes pair Curtiss CR-3sA-6080 Al Williams flown 4th place 1922 Pulitzer Race would raced Rutledge Irvine A-608 1 Bert Acosta won 1921 Pulitzer raced David Rittenhouse Both super-clean biplanes converted Pulitzer-class landplanes floatplanes powered screaming 470-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines packed tight cowlings engines much aerodynamics brought victory led world-wide acceptance Only four aircraft took off race Curtiss CR-3s first followed Sea Lion III Hurels CAMS 38 Hurel unknowingly damaged seaplane taxiing starting line forced out second lap Biard bettered 1922 winning -t 0510FEeT 0123euiqB 1923 CURTISS CR3 liquid-cooled V-i 2s Navy two other airplanes ready Wright NW-2 flown E Gorton crashed trials its engine blew up Curtiss TR-3A flown Frank Wead reasons connected ascension power Benito Mussolini Fascists Italy ready field team go B 4 oi 23ETER o510reeg 41- B 25 CURTISS R3C2 October 1981 41 David Rittenhouse prouder lookshis clean Curtiss CR-a first American airplane win Schneider 1923 Young Jimmy Doolittle took PulitzerTrophy Racer Curtiss R3C-2 turned 1925 Schneider champion near Baltimore MD Schneider engines have long silent airplanes have van ished final winning Supermarine S6B view Science Museum London along trophy Curtiss P30-2 Doolittle won 1925 race display National Air & Space Museum Washington Macchi M39s 1926 race museum Milan Italy along three little Fiat C-29s Macchi Castoldi MC72 holds 441-mph record Supermarine S6 flown Atcherly 1929 museum South ampton England may two others weve missed wrecked dismantled lost World War II air raids 1 B C 1926 MACCHI M39 C o5IOET 110 III oi23SITER E 1927 5UPERMARIE S5 speed 20 mph never contention Curtiss Racers simply stole show Irvine stormed across finish line average 1733 mph fastest lap 177 mph almost 28 mph ahead old record Rittenhouse taken off short time later faster machine finished 1773 mph win Schneider Trophy USA aviation world shocked perfor mance just over hour extremely fast flying old way put rest No longer could anyone seriously consider entering cleaned-up flying boat now would real racers nothing order create real racers would take finest aeronautical minds country could muster along very large amounts money After long period preparation race earnest 1924 Schneider cancelled due lack foreign entries challenge United States Instead US Navy allowed Lt Ralph Oftsie fly FAI seaplane speed records 1923 runner-up CR-3 credited 17825 mph 100 km 200 km US called race could have would have meant two Schneider wins row would have needed keep trophy permanently 1925 race held October 26 Baltimore MD seven laps 31ml course US four Curtiss Racers three R3C-2s developments CR-3 500-hp Curtiss V-1400 engines R2C-2 Curtiss D-12 reserve racer R3C-2s flown Ralph Oftale George Cuddihy Navy Army pilot Jimmy Doolittle British obviously learned US victory 1923 brought pair superb Gloster biplanes flown Bert Hinkler Hubert Broad another seaplane least great leap forward Curtiss CR-3 Supermarine 54 sleek mid-wing monoplane powered 680-hp Napier Lion designed Reginald Mitchell would later gain fame brains behind Spitfire 160-hp hot Curtisses less drag probably would have won race crashed during practice flight Italy came last flying boats pair cantilever monoplane Macchi M33s powered 500-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines mounted overhead struts flown veteran Giovanni deBriganti Ricardo Morselli race over almost before began Doolittle first off immediately began reeling off laps above 235 mph Next take off Broad beautiful Gloater III unable manage much over 200 mph remember Schneider record 177 mph R3C-2s Cuddihy Oftsie roaring along about 225 mph giving indication 1-2-3 sweep Yanks Finally deBriganti tookoffintheonly Macchi M33 thathadpassed its trials mistook pylons added four miles lap lap six Oftsies engine broke magneto shaft forced out lap seven Cuddihys engine lost its oil caught fire averaging 219mph 221 mph respectively left Doolittle continued charge around course smooth steady finish amazing speed 232573 mph 50 mph faster previous winner Along way set FAI seaplane records 23477 mph 100 km 23436 mph 22 km 42 Model Aviation no upermsrine agan dynastyof mighty British monoplanes 1927 made everyone forget about seaplanes two wings Sidney Websters 282 mph too much Italians AB first historic days Doo little eventually joined 1932 Cleveland GeeBee 1942 over Tokyo B-25 Broad finished second Gloster III 199 mph deBriganti other finisher 168 mph although probably doing close 195 mph 1926 Schneider held November 13 Norfolk VA seven laps around 31-mi tri angle race between US Italy British Supermarine Gloster entries home waiting new muct powerful engines US entered Christian Schilt 1925winning R3C-2 Cuddihy Curtiss R3C-4 modified racer flown 1925 William Tomlinson Curtiss F6C-3 reserve seaplane R3C-3 700-hp geared Packard V-12 crashed trials Italians brought three Macchi M39s began long series thrilling monoplanes similar general design Supermarine racers 1926 Macchis powered 800-hp Fiat V-12 engines flown Mario deBernardi Adriano Bacula Arturo Ferrarin closest race since start series 13 years before Bacula off first running close 220 mph o 2Z K/ D 3.c T R fI\ 1-itt lO.EET E 5UPERMARIa S6 31-mi course planned September 26 battle between Britains Air Ministry Italys Regia Aeronautica need large amounts public money well established US British team consisted two Supermarine followed Tomlinson Curtiss Hawk never seen fill-in Ferrarin next take off streaking around 240 mph broke oil line fourth lap retired Next came Cuddihy averaging 240-mph range too drop out late race broken fuel pump deBemardi got off water previous four still air making very exciting spectacle lapped course 245 mph better slowly built up lead last six start Schilt R3C-2 sped along about same speed previous winner still some 15 mph slower deBemardi deBemardi clear winner 2465 mph Schilt well back 231 mph Bacula third 218 mph Tomlinson brought up rear solid victory Italian team monoplanes Never again would anyone try win biplane racer Because change attitude US government toward racing research tool never again would American airplane pilot race Schneider Trophy 1927 race Venice Italy seven-lap competition around standard length z2Z 05 October 1981 43 .r uuuuauuIu u11UF1U5U u ying unicer Waghorn clocked 3S mph Supermarine S6 madethe worldsflghters obsolete wuing quies ana peacevui osremy nppiing waTer ou gives no hint its blazing speed retired Schneider Trophy set first 400 mph World Speed Record led Spitfire 7 0 ATh -4JETA -It 1OET E SUPfRMARI 56B 0 E fuuIA 05 7 Li J -- powered 900-hp Napier Lion engines flown Sidney Webster Oswald Worsley two Gloster lYs also Lions flown Kinkead Slatter Short Crusader its 800-hp sleeve-valve Bristol Mercury radial engine crashed due crossed aileron controls test Italians three Macchi M52s next step development begun M39 pilots deBernardi Ferrarin racers 1000-hp Fiat AS3 engines Frederico Guazetti 880-hp Fiat AS2 Plans American Al Williams enter privately-supported Packard-Kirkham Racer came nothing race time six pure-bred speed machines ready though worries about Italians engines given trouble practice Webster Worsley Kinkead went out began clocking laps better 270 mph very first lap Ferrarin went outwith engine problems second deBernardi dropped Out same reason after having timed 263 mph full lap remaining four blazed along until sixth lap Kinkead pulled Gloster IYB out because crack propeller hub after averaging 273 mph Guasetti hung Italians until last turn last lap after having averaged 258 mph engine gave out left two Supermarine monoplanes streak across finish line themselves Webster won record 28166 mph Worsley second 27291 mph old record 246 mph gotten grand celebration British foolishly failed capitalize obviously superior speed S5 allowed deBernardi set first absolute world speed record ever held seaplane blazed 123MET I 10FE N / B D ABC0 I I I qC72 vv LLJLLiILLY LLWI along 3-km course 29676 M52s following March attacked own mark improved M52R raised 31843 record landplanes should have higher stuck 278 mph set 1924 no 1928 contest next held September 6-7 1929 Spithead Engiand between Isle Wight South Coast 31-mi course again flown seven laps once four sides two turns extremely tight British no less six racers ready two Supermarine S5s two new S6s two new Gloster VIs Italians five seaplanes though no country could race three Macchi M52R recordholder two new Macchi M67s powered 1500-hp Isotta-Fraschini engines tiny Fiat C-29 1000-hp Fiat engine novel Savoia S65 twin-boom floatplane 1 000 hp Isotta engine either end central pod Fiat flown Savoia ready race plane day unquestionably Supermarine S6 later called S6A Powered new 1900-hp Rolls Royce R engine flown Henry Waghom other famed exhibition pilot Richard Atcherly DArcy Greig pilot S5s remaining seaplanes held reserve time become apparent little gained through improved stream lining craft about clean could route greater speed therefore power year saw huge jumps horsepower through increased compression ratios ever-hotter fuels novel cooling systems Waghorn first fly set crowd million people its ear takeoff lap 1933 MACCHICASTOLDI MC72 324 mph settled down laps around 330 mph first Italians Dal Molin took off M52R latter sped around close 285 mph steadily lost ground Waghorn sleek Supermarine Greig next up older S5 well matched Italian seaplane running low 280s Remo Cadringher first M67 started out same speed teammate dropped out lap two exhaust fumes poured cockpit Giovanni Monti flew second M67s also quit second lap face full exhaust smoke averaged just over 300 mph full lap left Atcherly second new Supermarines attacked course great enthusiasm speeding around almost fast Waghom Unfortunately cut pylon making speed 326 mph unofficial finish Waghorn new record 32863 mph followed Dal Molin 2842 mph Greig 2821 mph British captured second straight solid victory needed retire Schneider Trophy First assault Absolute World Speed Record After runs variety seaplanes pilots result new mark 3577 mph Sqdn Ldr Orlebar 56 last 12 Schneider Racers anticlimax no came forth challenge Britains High Speed Flight new Supermarine S6B entirely too much existing racer planned super seaplanes still tested built designed dreamed about S6B S6 improved floats better cooling power boost 2350 hp result seaplane lapped 31-mi course 340 mph would Continued page 119 44 Model Aviation will easier get some Super Hustler Mk II another engine has available some time test engine latest version understand significant differences ignition system have no personal experience earlier model cannot compare two Hustler significantly different Big Bangers Instead magneto uses onboard battery coil generate spark timing provided Hall Effect sensor electronic amplifier arrangement results cleaner looking engine since usual flywheel magneto coil gone carb front cylinder Hustler easily-cowled engine other hand ignition system requires relative myriad wires attendant increased probability failure test runs cut short problems couldnt straigtened out field First crimped-on battery connectors came off managed locate problem effect temporary fix Later engine began run rough refused start found lead soldered ground lug broken took care still no spark finally decided put off further attempts until could sort things Out As result did get some larger props have fuel consumption figures covered range props including recommended 20-8 figures show peak Zinger 20-6 will add data can collect Like Evra Hustler appears effort produce Big Banger configura tion closer what modelers have come expect certainly accomplishes wonder its worth added complication ignition system Schneider Races/Berliner Continued page 44 never have happened Lady Houston come forth contribution $500000 government refused foot bill Happily two S6B built John Boothman pilot # s-is 95 roared around course amazement thousands lined shores majestic demonstration aeronautics raised stature British aircraft industry its highest points wasnt very good racing Soon after race G H Stainforth became first person fly officially faster 400 mph set yet another Absolute World Speed Record time 4088 mph same S6B greastest seaplane raceand maybe greatest air racewas over Too bad French preparing several machines 1933 Schneider including pair Bernard Racers new 2000-hp Lorraine Radium engine Italians working bugs out sensational Macchi-Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines counterrotating propellers would later set 3-km speed record 441 mph still stands honor pilot Francesco Agello Though cheers soon died out lessons remained great mind Supermarine designer Mitchell came 1936 first thousands Spitfires Napier Lions Rolls Royce R engines came Merlin Curtiss D- 12 came Allison V-i 710 P-38 P-39 P-40 early P-Si ever-cleaner racers came flood knowledge about make airplanes go faster Isnt what air racing October1981 119 F4t ISpn~-~et3M331494a
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The symbol Schneiaer success sne supermarine S65 ended dozen action-packed races bringing seaplanes world domination over landplanes superior power lines 5ejc Q Don Berliner AMERICA ENTERED Schneider Trophy Race real 1923 completely trans formed well-established series inter national seaplane speed competitions Modified factory-built aircraft went out true racers came Private enterprise went out full government sponsorship came Improving old designs became passe emphasis testing very advanced ideas aerodynamics engines site seventh Schneider Race Cowes England September 27-28 428-mi triangular course between Isle Wight coast near Portsmouth flown five times total 214 mi exception entry USA aircraft showed usual modest second final entry series great Schneider seaplane races see Americans coming getting out Italians hanging gamely British finally sewing up trophy also see first big day fellow named Doolittle would go bigger things men made history boosted evolution aviation process Part 2 40 Model Aviation Photos 1923 1925 Curtiss Racers Smithsonian Institution others British Aerospace Corp Drawings Bjorn Karistrom yearly improvements British cleanedup seaplane called Supermarine Sea Lion III last years Sea Lion II smaller wings powerful Napier Lion engine flown 1922 winner Henri Biard other British entry Blackburn Pellet also biplane flying boat pusher engine Reginald Kenworthy would have raced it sank during trials French finally received Italianbuilt CAMS flying boats entered two flown Maurice Hurel Georges dOisy Blanchard-Bleriot boat damaged testing Latham L 1 boat damaged after landing England US Navy other hand prepared race great enthusiasm fine clear view what really needed achieve high speed seaplane Four racers brought Cowes pair Curtiss CR-3sA-6080 Al Williams flown 4th place 1922 Pulitzer Race would raced Rutledge Irvine A-608 1 Bert Acosta won 1921 Pulitzer raced David Rittenhouse Both super-clean biplanes converted Pulitzer-class landplanes floatplanes powered screaming 470-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines packed tight cowlings engines much aerodynamics brought victory led world-wide acceptance Only four aircraft took off race Curtiss CR-3s first followed Sea Lion III Hurels CAMS 38 Hurel unknowingly damaged seaplane taxiing starting line forced out second lap Biard bettered 1922 winning -t 0510FEeT 0123euiqB 1923 CURTISS CR3 liquid-cooled V-i 2s Navy two other airplanes ready Wright NW-2 flown E Gorton crashed trials its engine blew up Curtiss TR-3A flown Frank Wead reasons connected ascension power Benito Mussolini Fascists Italy ready field team go B 4 oi 23ETER o510reeg 41- B 25 CURTISS R3C2 October 1981 41 David Rittenhouse prouder lookshis clean Curtiss CR-a first American airplane win Schneider 1923 Young Jimmy Doolittle took PulitzerTrophy Racer Curtiss R3C-2 turned 1925 Schneider champion near Baltimore MD Schneider engines have long silent airplanes have van ished final winning Supermarine S6B view Science Museum London along trophy Curtiss P30-2 Doolittle won 1925 race display National Air & Space Museum Washington Macchi M39s 1926 race museum Milan Italy along three little Fiat C-29s Macchi Castoldi MC72 holds 441-mph record Supermarine S6 flown Atcherly 1929 museum South ampton England may two others weve missed wrecked dismantled lost World War II air raids 1 B C 1926 MACCHI M39 C o5IOET 110 III oi23SITER E 1927 5UPERMARIE S5 speed 20 mph never contention Curtiss Racers simply stole show Irvine stormed across finish line average 1733 mph fastest lap 177 mph almost 28 mph ahead old record Rittenhouse taken off short time later faster machine finished 1773 mph win Schneider Trophy USA aviation world shocked perfor mance just over hour extremely fast flying old way put rest No longer could anyone seriously consider entering cleaned-up flying boat now would real racers nothing order create real racers would take finest aeronautical minds country could muster along very large amounts money After long period preparation race earnest 1924 Schneider cancelled due lack foreign entries challenge United States Instead US Navy allowed Lt Ralph Oftsie fly FAI seaplane speed records 1923 runner-up CR-3 credited 17825 mph 100 km 200 km US called race could have would have meant two Schneider wins row would have needed keep trophy permanently 1925 race held October 26 Baltimore MD seven laps 31ml course US four Curtiss Racers three R3C-2s developments CR-3 500-hp Curtiss V-1400 engines R2C-2 Curtiss D-12 reserve racer R3C-2s flown Ralph Oftale George Cuddihy Navy Army pilot Jimmy Doolittle British obviously learned US victory 1923 brought pair superb Gloster biplanes flown Bert Hinkler Hubert Broad another seaplane least great leap forward Curtiss CR-3 Supermarine 54 sleek mid-wing monoplane powered 680-hp Napier Lion designed Reginald Mitchell would later gain fame brains behind Spitfire 160-hp hot Curtisses less drag probably would have won race crashed during practice flight Italy came last flying boats pair cantilever monoplane Macchi M33s powered 500-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines mounted overhead struts flown veteran Giovanni deBriganti Ricardo Morselli race over almost before began Doolittle first off immediately began reeling off laps above 235 mph Next take off Broad beautiful Gloater III unable manage much over 200 mph remember Schneider record 177 mph R3C-2s Cuddihy Oftsie roaring along about 225 mph giving indication 1-2-3 sweep Yanks Finally deBriganti tookoffintheonly Macchi M33 thathadpassed its trials mistook pylons added four miles lap lap six Oftsies engine broke magneto shaft forced out lap seven Cuddihys engine lost its oil caught fire averaging 219mph 221 mph respectively left Doolittle continued charge around course smooth steady finish amazing speed 232573 mph 50 mph faster previous winner Along way set FAI seaplane records 23477 mph 100 km 23436 mph 22 km 42 Model Aviation no upermsrine agan dynastyof mighty British monoplanes 1927 made everyone forget about seaplanes two wings Sidney Websters 282 mph too much Italians AB first historic days Doo little eventually joined 1932 Cleveland GeeBee 1942 over Tokyo B-25 Broad finished second Gloster III 199 mph deBriganti other finisher 168 mph although probably doing close 195 mph 1926 Schneider held November 13 Norfolk VA seven laps around 31-mi tri angle race between US Italy British Supermarine Gloster entries home waiting new muct powerful engines US entered Christian Schilt 1925winning R3C-2 Cuddihy Curtiss R3C-4 modified racer flown 1925 William Tomlinson Curtiss F6C-3 reserve seaplane R3C-3 700-hp geared Packard V-12 crashed trials Italians brought three Macchi M39s began long series thrilling monoplanes similar general design Supermarine racers 1926 Macchis powered 800-hp Fiat V-12 engines flown Mario deBernardi Adriano Bacula Arturo Ferrarin closest race since start series 13 years before Bacula off first running close 220 mph o 2Z K/ D 3.c T R fI\ 1-itt lO.EET E 5UPERMARIa S6 31-mi course planned September 26 battle between Britains Air Ministry Italys Regia Aeronautica need large amounts public money well established US British team consisted two Supermarine followed Tomlinson Curtiss Hawk never seen fill-in Ferrarin next take off streaking around 240 mph broke oil line fourth lap retired Next came Cuddihy averaging 240-mph range too drop out late race broken fuel pump deBemardi got off water previous four still air making very exciting spectacle lapped course 245 mph better slowly built up lead last six start Schilt R3C-2 sped along about same speed previous winner still some 15 mph slower deBemardi deBemardi clear winner 2465 mph Schilt well back 231 mph Bacula third 218 mph Tomlinson brought up rear solid victory Italian team monoplanes Never again would anyone try win biplane racer Because change attitude US government toward racing research tool never again would American airplane pilot race Schneider Trophy 1927 race Venice Italy seven-lap competition around standard length z2Z 05 October 1981 43 .r uuuuauuIu u11UF1U5U u ying unicer Waghorn clocked 3S mph Supermarine S6 madethe worldsflghters obsolete wuing quies ana peacevui osremy nppiing waTer ou gives no hint its blazing speed retired Schneider Trophy set first 400 mph World Speed Record led Spitfire 7 0 ATh -4JETA -It 1OET E SUPfRMARI 56B 0 E fuuIA 05 7 Li J -- powered 900-hp Napier Lion engines flown Sidney Webster Oswald Worsley two Gloster lYs also Lions flown Kinkead Slatter Short Crusader its 800-hp sleeve-valve Bristol Mercury radial engine crashed due crossed aileron controls test Italians three Macchi M52s next step development begun M39 pilots deBernardi Ferrarin racers 1000-hp Fiat AS3 engines Frederico Guazetti 880-hp Fiat AS2 Plans American Al Williams enter privately-supported Packard-Kirkham Racer came nothing race time six pure-bred speed machines ready though worries about Italians engines given trouble practice Webster Worsley Kinkead went out began clocking laps better 270 mph very first lap Ferrarin went outwith engine problems second deBernardi dropped Out same reason after having timed 263 mph full lap remaining four blazed along until sixth lap Kinkead pulled Gloster IYB out because crack propeller hub after averaging 273 mph Guasetti hung Italians until last turn last lap after having averaged 258 mph engine gave out left two Supermarine monoplanes streak across finish line themselves Webster won record 28166 mph Worsley second 27291 mph old record 246 mph gotten grand celebration British foolishly failed capitalize obviously superior speed S5 allowed deBernardi set first absolute world speed record ever held seaplane blazed 123MET I 10FE N / B D ABC0 I I I qC72 vv LLJLLiILLY LLWI along 3-km course 29676 M52s following March attacked own mark improved M52R raised 31843 record landplanes should have higher stuck 278 mph set 1924 no 1928 contest next held September 6-7 1929 Spithead Engiand between Isle Wight South Coast 31-mi course again flown seven laps once four sides two turns extremely tight British no less six racers ready two Supermarine S5s two new S6s two new Gloster VIs Italians five seaplanes though no country could race three Macchi M52R recordholder two new Macchi M67s powered 1500-hp Isotta-Fraschini engines tiny Fiat C-29 1000-hp Fiat engine novel Savoia S65 twin-boom floatplane 1 000 hp Isotta engine either end central pod Fiat flown Savoia ready race plane day unquestionably Supermarine S6 later called S6A Powered new 1900-hp Rolls Royce R engine flown Henry Waghom other famed exhibition pilot Richard Atcherly DArcy Greig pilot S5s remaining seaplanes held reserve time become apparent little gained through improved stream lining craft about clean could route greater speed therefore power year saw huge jumps horsepower through increased compression ratios ever-hotter fuels novel cooling systems Waghorn first fly set crowd million people its ear takeoff lap 1933 MACCHICASTOLDI MC72 324 mph settled down laps around 330 mph first Italians Dal Molin took off M52R latter sped around close 285 mph steadily lost ground Waghorn sleek Supermarine Greig next up older S5 well matched Italian seaplane running low 280s Remo Cadringher first M67 started out same speed teammate dropped out lap two exhaust fumes poured cockpit Giovanni Monti flew second M67s also quit second lap face full exhaust smoke averaged just over 300 mph full lap left Atcherly second new Supermarines attacked course great enthusiasm speeding around almost fast Waghom Unfortunately cut pylon making speed 326 mph unofficial finish Waghorn new record 32863 mph followed Dal Molin 2842 mph Greig 2821 mph British captured second straight solid victory needed retire Schneider Trophy First assault Absolute World Speed Record After runs variety seaplanes pilots result new mark 3577 mph Sqdn Ldr Orlebar 56 last 12 Schneider Racers anticlimax no came forth challenge Britains High Speed Flight new Supermarine S6B entirely too much existing racer planned super seaplanes still tested built designed dreamed about S6B S6 improved floats better cooling power boost 2350 hp result seaplane lapped 31-mi course 340 mph would Continued page 119 44 Model Aviation will easier get some Super Hustler Mk II another engine has available some time test engine latest version understand significant differences ignition system have no personal experience earlier model cannot compare two Hustler significantly different Big Bangers Instead magneto uses onboard battery coil generate spark timing provided Hall Effect sensor electronic amplifier arrangement results cleaner looking engine since usual flywheel magneto coil gone carb front cylinder Hustler easily-cowled engine other hand ignition system requires relative myriad wires attendant increased probability failure test runs cut short problems couldnt straigtened out field First crimped-on battery connectors came off managed locate problem effect temporary fix Later engine began run rough refused start found lead soldered ground lug broken took care still no spark finally decided put off further attempts until could sort things Out As result did get some larger props have fuel consumption figures covered range props including recommended 20-8 figures show peak Zinger 20-6 will add data can collect Like Evra Hustler appears effort produce Big Banger configura tion closer what modelers have come expect certainly accomplishes wonder its worth added complication ignition system Schneider Races/Berliner Continued page 44 never have happened Lady Houston come forth contribution $500000 government refused foot bill Happily two S6B built John Boothman pilot # s-is 95 roared around course amazement thousands lined shores majestic demonstration aeronautics raised stature British aircraft industry its highest points wasnt very good racing Soon after race G H Stainforth became first person fly officially faster 400 mph set yet another Absolute World Speed Record time 4088 mph same S6B greastest seaplane raceand maybe greatest air racewas over Too bad French preparing several machines 1933 Schneider including pair Bernard Racers new 2000-hp Lorraine Radium engine Italians working bugs out sensational Macchi-Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines counterrotating propellers would later set 3-km speed record 441 mph still stands honor pilot Francesco Agello Though cheers soon died out lessons remained great mind Supermarine designer Mitchell came 1936 first thousands Spitfires Napier Lions Rolls Royce R engines came Merlin Curtiss D- 12 came Allison V-i 710 P-38 P-39 P-40 early P-Si ever-cleaner racers came flood knowledge about make airplanes go faster Isnt what air racing October1981 119 F4t ISpn~-~et3M331494a
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The symbol Schneiaer success sne supermarine S65 ended dozen action-packed races bringing seaplanes world domination over landplanes superior power lines 5ejc Q Don Berliner AMERICA ENTERED Schneider Trophy Race real 1923 completely trans formed well-established series inter national seaplane speed competitions Modified factory-built aircraft went out true racers came Private enterprise went out full government sponsorship came Improving old designs became passe emphasis testing very advanced ideas aerodynamics engines site seventh Schneider Race Cowes England September 27-28 428-mi triangular course between Isle Wight coast near Portsmouth flown five times total 214 mi exception entry USA aircraft showed usual modest second final entry series great Schneider seaplane races see Americans coming getting out Italians hanging gamely British finally sewing up trophy also see first big day fellow named Doolittle would go bigger things men made history boosted evolution aviation process Part 2 40 Model Aviation Photos 1923 1925 Curtiss Racers Smithsonian Institution others British Aerospace Corp Drawings Bjorn Karistrom yearly improvements British cleanedup seaplane called Supermarine Sea Lion III last years Sea Lion II smaller wings powerful Napier Lion engine flown 1922 winner Henri Biard other British entry Blackburn Pellet also biplane flying boat pusher engine Reginald Kenworthy would have raced it sank during trials French finally received Italianbuilt CAMS flying boats entered two flown Maurice Hurel Georges dOisy Blanchard-Bleriot boat damaged testing Latham L 1 boat damaged after landing England US Navy other hand prepared race great enthusiasm fine clear view what really needed achieve high speed seaplane Four racers brought Cowes pair Curtiss CR-3sA-6080 Al Williams flown 4th place 1922 Pulitzer Race would raced Rutledge Irvine A-608 1 Bert Acosta won 1921 Pulitzer raced David Rittenhouse Both super-clean biplanes converted Pulitzer-class landplanes floatplanes powered screaming 470-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines packed tight cowlings engines much aerodynamics brought victory led world-wide acceptance Only four aircraft took off race Curtiss CR-3s first followed Sea Lion III Hurels CAMS 38 Hurel unknowingly damaged seaplane taxiing starting line forced out second lap Biard bettered 1922 winning -t 0510FEeT 0123euiqB 1923 CURTISS CR3 liquid-cooled V-i 2s Navy two other airplanes ready Wright NW-2 flown E Gorton crashed trials its engine blew up Curtiss TR-3A flown Frank Wead reasons connected ascension power Benito Mussolini Fascists Italy ready field team go B 4 oi 23ETER o510reeg 41- B 25 CURTISS R3C2 October 1981 41 David Rittenhouse prouder lookshis clean Curtiss CR-a first American airplane win Schneider 1923 Young Jimmy Doolittle took PulitzerTrophy Racer Curtiss R3C-2 turned 1925 Schneider champion near Baltimore MD Schneider engines have long silent airplanes have van ished final winning Supermarine S6B view Science Museum London along trophy Curtiss P30-2 Doolittle won 1925 race display National Air & Space Museum Washington Macchi M39s 1926 race museum Milan Italy along three little Fiat C-29s Macchi Castoldi MC72 holds 441-mph record Supermarine S6 flown Atcherly 1929 museum South ampton England may two others weve missed wrecked dismantled lost World War II air raids 1 B C 1926 MACCHI M39 C o5IOET 110 III oi23SITER E 1927 5UPERMARIE S5 speed 20 mph never contention Curtiss Racers simply stole show Irvine stormed across finish line average 1733 mph fastest lap 177 mph almost 28 mph ahead old record Rittenhouse taken off short time later faster machine finished 1773 mph win Schneider Trophy USA aviation world shocked perfor mance just over hour extremely fast flying old way put rest No longer could anyone seriously consider entering cleaned-up flying boat now would real racers nothing order create real racers would take finest aeronautical minds country could muster along very large amounts money After long period preparation race earnest 1924 Schneider cancelled due lack foreign entries challenge United States Instead US Navy allowed Lt Ralph Oftsie fly FAI seaplane speed records 1923 runner-up CR-3 credited 17825 mph 100 km 200 km US called race could have would have meant two Schneider wins row would have needed keep trophy permanently 1925 race held October 26 Baltimore MD seven laps 31ml course US four Curtiss Racers three R3C-2s developments CR-3 500-hp Curtiss V-1400 engines R2C-2 Curtiss D-12 reserve racer R3C-2s flown Ralph Oftale George Cuddihy Navy Army pilot Jimmy Doolittle British obviously learned US victory 1923 brought pair superb Gloster biplanes flown Bert Hinkler Hubert Broad another seaplane least great leap forward Curtiss CR-3 Supermarine 54 sleek mid-wing monoplane powered 680-hp Napier Lion designed Reginald Mitchell would later gain fame brains behind Spitfire 160-hp hot Curtisses less drag probably would have won race crashed during practice flight Italy came last flying boats pair cantilever monoplane Macchi M33s powered 500-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines mounted overhead struts flown veteran Giovanni deBriganti Ricardo Morselli race over almost before began Doolittle first off immediately began reeling off laps above 235 mph Next take off Broad beautiful Gloater III unable manage much over 200 mph remember Schneider record 177 mph R3C-2s Cuddihy Oftsie roaring along about 225 mph giving indication 1-2-3 sweep Yanks Finally deBriganti tookoffintheonly Macchi M33 thathadpassed its trials mistook pylons added four miles lap lap six Oftsies engine broke magneto shaft forced out lap seven Cuddihys engine lost its oil caught fire averaging 219mph 221 mph respectively left Doolittle continued charge around course smooth steady finish amazing speed 232573 mph 50 mph faster previous winner Along way set FAI seaplane records 23477 mph 100 km 23436 mph 22 km 42 Model Aviation no upermsrine agan dynastyof mighty British monoplanes 1927 made everyone forget about seaplanes two wings Sidney Websters 282 mph too much Italians AB first historic days Doo little eventually joined 1932 Cleveland GeeBee 1942 over Tokyo B-25 Broad finished second Gloster III 199 mph deBriganti other finisher 168 mph although probably doing close 195 mph 1926 Schneider held November 13 Norfolk VA seven laps around 31-mi tri angle race between US Italy British Supermarine Gloster entries home waiting new muct powerful engines US entered Christian Schilt 1925winning R3C-2 Cuddihy Curtiss R3C-4 modified racer flown 1925 William Tomlinson Curtiss F6C-3 reserve seaplane R3C-3 700-hp geared Packard V-12 crashed trials Italians brought three Macchi M39s began long series thrilling monoplanes similar general design Supermarine racers 1926 Macchis powered 800-hp Fiat V-12 engines flown Mario deBernardi Adriano Bacula Arturo Ferrarin closest race since start series 13 years before Bacula off first running close 220 mph o 2Z K/ D 3.c T R fI\ 1-itt lO.EET E 5UPERMARIa S6 31-mi course planned September 26 battle between Britains Air Ministry Italys Regia Aeronautica need large amounts public money well established US British team consisted two Supermarine followed Tomlinson Curtiss Hawk never seen fill-in Ferrarin next take off streaking around 240 mph broke oil line fourth lap retired Next came Cuddihy averaging 240-mph range too drop out late race broken fuel pump deBemardi got off water previous four still air making very exciting spectacle lapped course 245 mph better slowly built up lead last six start Schilt R3C-2 sped along about same speed previous winner still some 15 mph slower deBemardi deBemardi clear winner 2465 mph Schilt well back 231 mph Bacula third 218 mph Tomlinson brought up rear solid victory Italian team monoplanes Never again would anyone try win biplane racer Because change attitude US government toward racing research tool never again would American airplane pilot race Schneider Trophy 1927 race Venice Italy seven-lap competition around standard length z2Z 05 October 1981 43 .r uuuuauuIu u11UF1U5U u ying unicer Waghorn clocked 3S mph Supermarine S6 madethe worldsflghters obsolete wuing quies ana peacevui osremy nppiing waTer ou gives no hint its blazing speed retired Schneider Trophy set first 400 mph World Speed Record led Spitfire 7 0 ATh -4JETA -It 1OET E SUPfRMARI 56B 0 E fuuIA 05 7 Li J -- powered 900-hp Napier Lion engines flown Sidney Webster Oswald Worsley two Gloster lYs also Lions flown Kinkead Slatter Short Crusader its 800-hp sleeve-valve Bristol Mercury radial engine crashed due crossed aileron controls test Italians three Macchi M52s next step development begun M39 pilots deBernardi Ferrarin racers 1000-hp Fiat AS3 engines Frederico Guazetti 880-hp Fiat AS2 Plans American Al Williams enter privately-supported Packard-Kirkham Racer came nothing race time six pure-bred speed machines ready though worries about Italians engines given trouble practice Webster Worsley Kinkead went out began clocking laps better 270 mph very first lap Ferrarin went outwith engine problems second deBernardi dropped Out same reason after having timed 263 mph full lap remaining four blazed along until sixth lap Kinkead pulled Gloster IYB out because crack propeller hub after averaging 273 mph Guasetti hung Italians until last turn last lap after having averaged 258 mph engine gave out left two Supermarine monoplanes streak across finish line themselves Webster won record 28166 mph Worsley second 27291 mph old record 246 mph gotten grand celebration British foolishly failed capitalize obviously superior speed S5 allowed deBernardi set first absolute world speed record ever held seaplane blazed 123MET I 10FE N / B D ABC0 I I I qC72 vv LLJLLiILLY LLWI along 3-km course 29676 M52s following March attacked own mark improved M52R raised 31843 record landplanes should have higher stuck 278 mph set 1924 no 1928 contest next held September 6-7 1929 Spithead Engiand between Isle Wight South Coast 31-mi course again flown seven laps once four sides two turns extremely tight British no less six racers ready two Supermarine S5s two new S6s two new Gloster VIs Italians five seaplanes though no country could race three Macchi M52R recordholder two new Macchi M67s powered 1500-hp Isotta-Fraschini engines tiny Fiat C-29 1000-hp Fiat engine novel Savoia S65 twin-boom floatplane 1 000 hp Isotta engine either end central pod Fiat flown Savoia ready race plane day unquestionably Supermarine S6 later called S6A Powered new 1900-hp Rolls Royce R engine flown Henry Waghom other famed exhibition pilot Richard Atcherly DArcy Greig pilot S5s remaining seaplanes held reserve time become apparent little gained through improved stream lining craft about clean could route greater speed therefore power year saw huge jumps horsepower through increased compression ratios ever-hotter fuels novel cooling systems Waghorn first fly set crowd million people its ear takeoff lap 1933 MACCHICASTOLDI MC72 324 mph settled down laps around 330 mph first Italians Dal Molin took off M52R latter sped around close 285 mph steadily lost ground Waghorn sleek Supermarine Greig next up older S5 well matched Italian seaplane running low 280s Remo Cadringher first M67 started out same speed teammate dropped out lap two exhaust fumes poured cockpit Giovanni Monti flew second M67s also quit second lap face full exhaust smoke averaged just over 300 mph full lap left Atcherly second new Supermarines attacked course great enthusiasm speeding around almost fast Waghom Unfortunately cut pylon making speed 326 mph unofficial finish Waghorn new record 32863 mph followed Dal Molin 2842 mph Greig 2821 mph British captured second straight solid victory needed retire Schneider Trophy First assault Absolute World Speed Record After runs variety seaplanes pilots result new mark 3577 mph Sqdn Ldr Orlebar 56 last 12 Schneider Racers anticlimax no came forth challenge Britains High Speed Flight new Supermarine S6B entirely too much existing racer planned super seaplanes still tested built designed dreamed about S6B S6 improved floats better cooling power boost 2350 hp result seaplane lapped 31-mi course 340 mph would Continued page 119 44 Model Aviation will easier get some Super Hustler Mk II another engine has available some time test engine latest version understand significant differences ignition system have no personal experience earlier model cannot compare two Hustler significantly different Big Bangers Instead magneto uses onboard battery coil generate spark timing provided Hall Effect sensor electronic amplifier arrangement results cleaner looking engine since usual flywheel magneto coil gone carb front cylinder Hustler easily-cowled engine other hand ignition system requires relative myriad wires attendant increased probability failure test runs cut short problems couldnt straigtened out field First crimped-on battery connectors came off managed locate problem effect temporary fix Later engine began run rough refused start found lead soldered ground lug broken took care still no spark finally decided put off further attempts until could sort things Out As result did get some larger props have fuel consumption figures covered range props including recommended 20-8 figures show peak Zinger 20-6 will add data can collect Like Evra Hustler appears effort produce Big Banger configura tion closer what modelers have come expect certainly accomplishes wonder its worth added complication ignition system Schneider Races/Berliner Continued page 44 never have happened Lady Houston come forth contribution $500000 government refused foot bill Happily two S6B built John Boothman pilot # s-is 95 roared around course amazement thousands lined shores majestic demonstration aeronautics raised stature British aircraft industry its highest points wasnt very good racing Soon after race G H Stainforth became first person fly officially faster 400 mph set yet another Absolute World Speed Record time 4088 mph same S6B greastest seaplane raceand maybe greatest air racewas over Too bad French preparing several machines 1933 Schneider including pair Bernard Racers new 2000-hp Lorraine Radium engine Italians working bugs out sensational Macchi-Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines counterrotating propellers would later set 3-km speed record 441 mph still stands honor pilot Francesco Agello Though cheers soon died out lessons remained great mind Supermarine designer Mitchell came 1936 first thousands Spitfires Napier Lions Rolls Royce R engines came Merlin Curtiss D- 12 came Allison V-i 710 P-38 P-39 P-40 early P-Si ever-cleaner racers came flood knowledge about make airplanes go faster Isnt what air racing October1981 119 F4t ISpn~-~et3M331494a
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/10
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 119
The symbol Schneiaer success sne supermarine S65 ended dozen action-packed races bringing seaplanes world domination over landplanes superior power lines 5ejc Q Don Berliner AMERICA ENTERED Schneider Trophy Race real 1923 completely trans formed well-established series inter national seaplane speed competitions Modified factory-built aircraft went out true racers came Private enterprise went out full government sponsorship came Improving old designs became passe emphasis testing very advanced ideas aerodynamics engines site seventh Schneider Race Cowes England September 27-28 428-mi triangular course between Isle Wight coast near Portsmouth flown five times total 214 mi exception entry USA aircraft showed usual modest second final entry series great Schneider seaplane races see Americans coming getting out Italians hanging gamely British finally sewing up trophy also see first big day fellow named Doolittle would go bigger things men made history boosted evolution aviation process Part 2 40 Model Aviation Photos 1923 1925 Curtiss Racers Smithsonian Institution others British Aerospace Corp Drawings Bjorn Karistrom yearly improvements British cleanedup seaplane called Supermarine Sea Lion III last years Sea Lion II smaller wings powerful Napier Lion engine flown 1922 winner Henri Biard other British entry Blackburn Pellet also biplane flying boat pusher engine Reginald Kenworthy would have raced it sank during trials French finally received Italianbuilt CAMS flying boats entered two flown Maurice Hurel Georges dOisy Blanchard-Bleriot boat damaged testing Latham L 1 boat damaged after landing England US Navy other hand prepared race great enthusiasm fine clear view what really needed achieve high speed seaplane Four racers brought Cowes pair Curtiss CR-3sA-6080 Al Williams flown 4th place 1922 Pulitzer Race would raced Rutledge Irvine A-608 1 Bert Acosta won 1921 Pulitzer raced David Rittenhouse Both super-clean biplanes converted Pulitzer-class landplanes floatplanes powered screaming 470-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines packed tight cowlings engines much aerodynamics brought victory led world-wide acceptance Only four aircraft took off race Curtiss CR-3s first followed Sea Lion III Hurels CAMS 38 Hurel unknowingly damaged seaplane taxiing starting line forced out second lap Biard bettered 1922 winning -t 0510FEeT 0123euiqB 1923 CURTISS CR3 liquid-cooled V-i 2s Navy two other airplanes ready Wright NW-2 flown E Gorton crashed trials its engine blew up Curtiss TR-3A flown Frank Wead reasons connected ascension power Benito Mussolini Fascists Italy ready field team go B 4 oi 23ETER o510reeg 41- B 25 CURTISS R3C2 October 1981 41 David Rittenhouse prouder lookshis clean Curtiss CR-a first American airplane win Schneider 1923 Young Jimmy Doolittle took PulitzerTrophy Racer Curtiss R3C-2 turned 1925 Schneider champion near Baltimore MD Schneider engines have long silent airplanes have van ished final winning Supermarine S6B view Science Museum London along trophy Curtiss P30-2 Doolittle won 1925 race display National Air & Space Museum Washington Macchi M39s 1926 race museum Milan Italy along three little Fiat C-29s Macchi Castoldi MC72 holds 441-mph record Supermarine S6 flown Atcherly 1929 museum South ampton England may two others weve missed wrecked dismantled lost World War II air raids 1 B C 1926 MACCHI M39 C o5IOET 110 III oi23SITER E 1927 5UPERMARIE S5 speed 20 mph never contention Curtiss Racers simply stole show Irvine stormed across finish line average 1733 mph fastest lap 177 mph almost 28 mph ahead old record Rittenhouse taken off short time later faster machine finished 1773 mph win Schneider Trophy USA aviation world shocked perfor mance just over hour extremely fast flying old way put rest No longer could anyone seriously consider entering cleaned-up flying boat now would real racers nothing order create real racers would take finest aeronautical minds country could muster along very large amounts money After long period preparation race earnest 1924 Schneider cancelled due lack foreign entries challenge United States Instead US Navy allowed Lt Ralph Oftsie fly FAI seaplane speed records 1923 runner-up CR-3 credited 17825 mph 100 km 200 km US called race could have would have meant two Schneider wins row would have needed keep trophy permanently 1925 race held October 26 Baltimore MD seven laps 31ml course US four Curtiss Racers three R3C-2s developments CR-3 500-hp Curtiss V-1400 engines R2C-2 Curtiss D-12 reserve racer R3C-2s flown Ralph Oftale George Cuddihy Navy Army pilot Jimmy Doolittle British obviously learned US victory 1923 brought pair superb Gloster biplanes flown Bert Hinkler Hubert Broad another seaplane least great leap forward Curtiss CR-3 Supermarine 54 sleek mid-wing monoplane powered 680-hp Napier Lion designed Reginald Mitchell would later gain fame brains behind Spitfire 160-hp hot Curtisses less drag probably would have won race crashed during practice flight Italy came last flying boats pair cantilever monoplane Macchi M33s powered 500-hp Curtiss D-1 2 engines mounted overhead struts flown veteran Giovanni deBriganti Ricardo Morselli race over almost before began Doolittle first off immediately began reeling off laps above 235 mph Next take off Broad beautiful Gloater III unable manage much over 200 mph remember Schneider record 177 mph R3C-2s Cuddihy Oftsie roaring along about 225 mph giving indication 1-2-3 sweep Yanks Finally deBriganti tookoffintheonly Macchi M33 thathadpassed its trials mistook pylons added four miles lap lap six Oftsies engine broke magneto shaft forced out lap seven Cuddihys engine lost its oil caught fire averaging 219mph 221 mph respectively left Doolittle continued charge around course smooth steady finish amazing speed 232573 mph 50 mph faster previous winner Along way set FAI seaplane records 23477 mph 100 km 23436 mph 22 km 42 Model Aviation no upermsrine agan dynastyof mighty British monoplanes 1927 made everyone forget about seaplanes two wings Sidney Websters 282 mph too much Italians AB first historic days Doo little eventually joined 1932 Cleveland GeeBee 1942 over Tokyo B-25 Broad finished second Gloster III 199 mph deBriganti other finisher 168 mph although probably doing close 195 mph 1926 Schneider held November 13 Norfolk VA seven laps around 31-mi tri angle race between US Italy British Supermarine Gloster entries home waiting new muct powerful engines US entered Christian Schilt 1925winning R3C-2 Cuddihy Curtiss R3C-4 modified racer flown 1925 William Tomlinson Curtiss F6C-3 reserve seaplane R3C-3 700-hp geared Packard V-12 crashed trials Italians brought three Macchi M39s began long series thrilling monoplanes similar general design Supermarine racers 1926 Macchis powered 800-hp Fiat V-12 engines flown Mario deBernardi Adriano Bacula Arturo Ferrarin closest race since start series 13 years before Bacula off first running close 220 mph o 2Z K/ D 3.c T R fI\ 1-itt lO.EET E 5UPERMARIa S6 31-mi course planned September 26 battle between Britains Air Ministry Italys Regia Aeronautica need large amounts public money well established US British team consisted two Supermarine followed Tomlinson Curtiss Hawk never seen fill-in Ferrarin next take off streaking around 240 mph broke oil line fourth lap retired Next came Cuddihy averaging 240-mph range too drop out late race broken fuel pump deBemardi got off water previous four still air making very exciting spectacle lapped course 245 mph better slowly built up lead last six start Schilt R3C-2 sped along about same speed previous winner still some 15 mph slower deBemardi deBemardi clear winner 2465 mph Schilt well back 231 mph Bacula third 218 mph Tomlinson brought up rear solid victory Italian team monoplanes Never again would anyone try win biplane racer Because change attitude US government toward racing research tool never again would American airplane pilot race Schneider Trophy 1927 race Venice Italy seven-lap competition around standard length z2Z 05 October 1981 43 .r uuuuauuIu u11UF1U5U u ying unicer Waghorn clocked 3S mph Supermarine S6 madethe worldsflghters obsolete wuing quies ana peacevui osremy nppiing waTer ou gives no hint its blazing speed retired Schneider Trophy set first 400 mph World Speed Record led Spitfire 7 0 ATh -4JETA -It 1OET E SUPfRMARI 56B 0 E fuuIA 05 7 Li J -- powered 900-hp Napier Lion engines flown Sidney Webster Oswald Worsley two Gloster lYs also Lions flown Kinkead Slatter Short Crusader its 800-hp sleeve-valve Bristol Mercury radial engine crashed due crossed aileron controls test Italians three Macchi M52s next step development begun M39 pilots deBernardi Ferrarin racers 1000-hp Fiat AS3 engines Frederico Guazetti 880-hp Fiat AS2 Plans American Al Williams enter privately-supported Packard-Kirkham Racer came nothing race time six pure-bred speed machines ready though worries about Italians engines given trouble practice Webster Worsley Kinkead went out began clocking laps better 270 mph very first lap Ferrarin went outwith engine problems second deBernardi dropped Out same reason after having timed 263 mph full lap remaining four blazed along until sixth lap Kinkead pulled Gloster IYB out because crack propeller hub after averaging 273 mph Guasetti hung Italians until last turn last lap after having averaged 258 mph engine gave out left two Supermarine monoplanes streak across finish line themselves Webster won record 28166 mph Worsley second 27291 mph old record 246 mph gotten grand celebration British foolishly failed capitalize obviously superior speed S5 allowed deBernardi set first absolute world speed record ever held seaplane blazed 123MET I 10FE N / B D ABC0 I I I qC72 vv LLJLLiILLY LLWI along 3-km course 29676 M52s following March attacked own mark improved M52R raised 31843 record landplanes should have higher stuck 278 mph set 1924 no 1928 contest next held September 6-7 1929 Spithead Engiand between Isle Wight South Coast 31-mi course again flown seven laps once four sides two turns extremely tight British no less six racers ready two Supermarine S5s two new S6s two new Gloster VIs Italians five seaplanes though no country could race three Macchi M52R recordholder two new Macchi M67s powered 1500-hp Isotta-Fraschini engines tiny Fiat C-29 1000-hp Fiat engine novel Savoia S65 twin-boom floatplane 1 000 hp Isotta engine either end central pod Fiat flown Savoia ready race plane day unquestionably Supermarine S6 later called S6A Powered new 1900-hp Rolls Royce R engine flown Henry Waghom other famed exhibition pilot Richard Atcherly DArcy Greig pilot S5s remaining seaplanes held reserve time become apparent little gained through improved stream lining craft about clean could route greater speed therefore power year saw huge jumps horsepower through increased compression ratios ever-hotter fuels novel cooling systems Waghorn first fly set crowd million people its ear takeoff lap 1933 MACCHICASTOLDI MC72 324 mph settled down laps around 330 mph first Italians Dal Molin took off M52R latter sped around close 285 mph steadily lost ground Waghorn sleek Supermarine Greig next up older S5 well matched Italian seaplane running low 280s Remo Cadringher first M67 started out same speed teammate dropped out lap two exhaust fumes poured cockpit Giovanni Monti flew second M67s also quit second lap face full exhaust smoke averaged just over 300 mph full lap left Atcherly second new Supermarines attacked course great enthusiasm speeding around almost fast Waghom Unfortunately cut pylon making speed 326 mph unofficial finish Waghorn new record 32863 mph followed Dal Molin 2842 mph Greig 2821 mph British captured second straight solid victory needed retire Schneider Trophy First assault Absolute World Speed Record After runs variety seaplanes pilots result new mark 3577 mph Sqdn Ldr Orlebar 56 last 12 Schneider Racers anticlimax no came forth challenge Britains High Speed Flight new Supermarine S6B entirely too much existing racer planned super seaplanes still tested built designed dreamed about S6B S6 improved floats better cooling power boost 2350 hp result seaplane lapped 31-mi course 340 mph would Continued page 119 44 Model Aviation will easier get some Super Hustler Mk II another engine has available some time test engine latest version understand significant differences ignition system have no personal experience earlier model cannot compare two Hustler significantly different Big Bangers Instead magneto uses onboard battery coil generate spark timing provided Hall Effect sensor electronic amplifier arrangement results cleaner looking engine since usual flywheel magneto coil gone carb front cylinder Hustler easily-cowled engine other hand ignition system requires relative myriad wires attendant increased probability failure test runs cut short problems couldnt straigtened out field First crimped-on battery connectors came off managed locate problem effect temporary fix Later engine began run rough refused start found lead soldered ground lug broken took care still no spark finally decided put off further attempts until could sort things Out As result did get some larger props have fuel consumption figures covered range props including recommended 20-8 figures show peak Zinger 20-6 will add data can collect Like Evra Hustler appears effort produce Big Banger configura tion closer what modelers have come expect certainly accomplishes wonder its worth added complication ignition system Schneider Races/Berliner Continued page 44 never have happened Lady Houston come forth contribution $500000 government refused foot bill Happily two S6B built John Boothman pilot # s-is 95 roared around course amazement thousands lined shores majestic demonstration aeronautics raised stature British aircraft industry its highest points wasnt very good racing Soon after race G H Stainforth became first person fly officially faster 400 mph set yet another Absolute World Speed Record time 4088 mph same S6B greastest seaplane raceand maybe greatest air racewas over Too bad French preparing several machines 1933 Schneider including pair Bernard Racers new 2000-hp Lorraine Radium engine Italians working bugs out sensational Macchi-Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines counterrotating propellers would later set 3-km speed record 441 mph still stands honor pilot Francesco Agello Though cheers soon died out lessons remained great mind Supermarine designer Mitchell came 1936 first thousands Spitfires Napier Lions Rolls Royce R engines came Merlin Curtiss D- 12 came Allison V-i 710 P-38 P-39 P-40 early P-Si ever-cleaner racers came flood knowledge about make airplanes go faster Isnt what air racing October1981 119 F4t ISpn~-~et3M331494a