BRITISH AIR PRESTIGE
GREAT EFFORT TO RESTORE IT
(United Ptes Association.—Copyright.)
' LONDON, 24th Sept. , The groatost effort sineb'tho war to irestore BritainVair prestige ..will reach its climax on v Sunday iri tho Schneidoi. .Cup Tace, to be %eld off Lido. Actually tho contest, -.which, owing to tho withdrawal of the TJnited States entrant, rcsolvtes itself ' into a duel between Italy and Britain, has already kogun with the navigability and watertightness tests. The' three British machines came out first, cacTi towed l>y a mdtor-boat. They taxied in good 1 stylo, and ' were then towed to mooring buoys' and there remained without, attention for six hours. The'ltalians then followed. Naturally not the slightest indication .has been given of ,the speed capacity of the.planes..* . , ■ ' ' Among, the , watchers of the ' tests were Sir Scftdn, Brancker (who arrived by air), Sir Philip Sassoon, and Captain Broad, who flew a Moth over tho Alps accompanied by. Mrs. Carbery. ' . . Venice is overflowing with visitors, including distinguished people from all parts of Europe.- v \
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 75, 26 September 1927, Page 9
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166BRITISH AIR PRESTIGE Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 75, 26 September 1927, Page 9
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