MISS ENGLAND 111.
LESSONS OF ELDER CRAFT
TO BE EMBODIED IN NEW
(Received Bth, December, 1 p.m.)'
LONDON, 7th December.
"I intend building Miss. England HI. with such modifications'as to. give the pilot greater control and safety," Sir Charles Wakefield announced at the Authors' Club dinned He declared that he was sanguine that she would hold' the record against any challengers. He mentioned the surprising fact that when going at high speed Miss England 111., had a draught of only five inches, and was as near an aeroplane as could be. It could be imagined that with a rudder of only five inche_s grip what the risk was of porpoising in ruffled water. If she did, the impact on alighting would bo equivalent to; a motor-car hitting a brick wall.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 138, 8 December 1931, Page 7
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130MISS ENGLAND III. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 138, 8 December 1931, Page 7
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