SCHNEIDER CUP RACE.
PREPARATIONS BY ITALY. .. SPECIAL PLANE CONSTRUCTED. LOSUOX As*. 33. ! The greatest secrecy is being maief&ined by Italy, tfee defender of tSe Schneider Cap, regrarxßng the forthcoming fa.ee. Trfs! Sights ©a laiss Virese are repnrtta -to hare .. achieved incredible «peed«, easily 6T«; 300 irilss an tear, esys the Milan corressgondenv of the Ds4jr News. Hie- übttH are ecniTrned ' * T7- ' ' ' ' * * ss- irifeft rat eng-.n-ss, vii&ooi redaction gear, bat inela&iag .a zaper-dharger of SO hcrse-power. ~ They irere bask at the 3faceJ» aircraft
morm, with.. specially seavcriby wings, shortened by 60 centimetres, which enable the pilot to tarn sharply. Tbe pilots inclade Major Bernards, the V.t߻er of last year's race,. Nevertheless, the Italian* are anzioas, believing that the British challenge constslates a menace. They do not fear thehage American Packard tweoty*foar .cylinder.engine plane of 1100 fcorse-power.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19731, 2 September 1927, Page 12
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135SCHNEIDER CUP RACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19731, 2 September 1927, Page 12
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