RACE FOR SEAPLANES.
ITALY ENTERS A TEAM. LONDON. April 9, Italy lias caused a surprise by entering a full team of three machines for the Schneider Cup contest. The present fastest Italian aeroplane is capable of a speed of 166 miles per hour, as against the American winner's speed last year of 232. Nevertheless, Italy has some M the world's finest designers, and she won the cup in 1920 and 1921. It is expected that the Italian machines for the coming contest will have floats similar to those on the American 'planes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19307, 21 April 1926, Page 11
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92RACE FOR SEAPLANES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19307, 21 April 1926, Page 11
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