SCHNEIDER CUP.
ROYAL AERO CLUB’S DIFFICULTY LONDON, Dec. 31. The aeronautical correspondent of the Times says that the Royal Aero Club, which is defending the Schneider Cup on behalf of Britain, is faced, with tho difficulty of raising a team of civilian pilots, and wishes to add an extra seaplane to those which contested tho trophy in 1929. Theso will not run at full speed because their cooling surfaces are inadequate. A Paris message says that the French Air Ministry has appointed three pilots, Amanrich, Domougeot and Boncaut, to begin training for tho trophy. All are young in the service and aro well fitted to undergo the severe physical strain of the contest.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 27, 2 January 1931, Page 7
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113SCHNEIDER CUP. Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 27, 2 January 1931, Page 7
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