ORLEBAR'S FEAT.
Could Be Bettered In Fine Weather. TO MAKE ANOTHER TRY. (British Ofßcial Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) • RUGBY, September 10. Flight-Lieutenant Orlebar in the speed test to-day flew the , Supermarine RollsRoyce Sβ in which Captain Waghorn won the Schneider Cup, while FliglitLieutenant Stainforth flew the GlosterNapier 6, which did not take part in the Schneider Cup race.
Lieutenant Orlebar made four flights over a 3-kilometre course, while Lieutenant Stainforth made live. The former's feat is a particularly brilliant one in view of the handicap imposed by bad weather. If conditions are propitious it is confidently believed that he will exceed his present record by at least 15 miles an hour.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 215, 11 September 1929, Page 7
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