AIR SPEED RECORDS
SCHNEIDER CUP TESTS OFFICIAL RECOGNITION (British Official Wireless.) Roc. 1(1 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 4. The Royal Aero Club has been informed by the Federation Aeronautuple Internationale that the following world’s records have been granted:— Greatest speed over .100 kilometres: Flying Officer Wagkorne, on a Supermarine Rolls-Royce SO, on .September 7, at 330.1 miles, 531.2 kilometres, an hour. Flying Officer Atcherley, on the Supermarine Rolls-Royce SO, on September 7, 331.6 miles, 533.8 kilometres, an hour. World’s greatest speed flight: Lieutenant Stamforth, on a Gloucester Napier 0, on September 19, 336.3 miles, 541.1 kilometres, an hour. SquadronLeader Orlebar, on a Supermarine Rolls-Royce SO, on September 32, 357.7 miles, 575.7 kilometres, an hour.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17126, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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