WORLD'S AIR RECORD.
FLIGHTS BY STAIN FORTH. 415 MILES AN HOUR REACHED. (Received September 30, 5.45 p.in.) LONDON, Sept. 30. At C'alshot last evening Flight-Lieu-tenant Stainforth, flying a Vickers supermarine seaplane, 368, fitted with a specially tuned sprint Rolls-Royce engine, designed to develop 2600 horse-power, lowered his own world's speed record of 379 miles an hour. The results of the attempts were revealed on films by which the speeds were recorded. Lieutenant Stainfoith s average speed was 408.8 miles an hour. His fastest laps were 415.2, 405.1, 409.5 and 405.4 miles an hour. When Britain won the Schneider Cup on September 13 Flight-Lieutenant Stainforth's speed was 379.05 miles an houi. The prior record fjf Squadron-Leader Orlebar, done in 1929, was 357.7 miles an hour. OFFER OF TROPHY. 620 MILES AN HOUR. PARIS, Sept, 24. The celebrated aviator and designer, 11. Bleriot, announces that he is offering a trophy, designed by M. Jabard, designer of the Schneider trophy, to the airman or motorist who attains a speed of 620 miles 1,1000 kilometres) an hour. Meanwhile, the trophy will remain in the possession of the first one to reach and maintain, foi at least half an hour, a Speed of 373 miles an hour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20992, 1 October 1931, Page 11
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