SEAPLANE SPEED.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 7

SEAPLANE SPEED.

Schneider Cup Entrant Tested by Hinckler. BRITAIN'S HOPE. (Received 10 a.in.) LONDON, May 9. Britain's hope of recapturing the ochneider Cup rests in a new seaplane called "The Crusader," preliminary tests ®* which have been secretly carried oat •t the request of the authorities by Mr. Bert Hinckler, the Australian airman. As a result of the tests, which are wing continued this week, there is every reason to expect that the Crusader will •ttain a speed of 250 miles per hoar. This is the chief reason for the delay in the start of Hinckler's projected flight to Australia. Thf Schneider Maritime Cup is the jorlds Derby for seaplanes. Flown in a oinerent country each year, it has been *nree times won by Italy (including last years event at Chesapeake Bay), twice by weat Britain, once by France, and once by the United States. A feature of the i* f e num ber of sharp turns included, ™ order that designers may ascertain the "'most speed which can safely be ensured l y* practical conditions. Last year'* race included nineteen sharp turns in a course *» 188 miles. The Itajian Macchi mono«ke/ whicn won the race, was one of we slowest of the entrants, being credited ««n a speed of 190 miles per hour, against •record of 226 miles per hour set up by °»* of the British machines, but other wetors than that of speed on a straight tOMree enter the race.