ROYAL AIR FORCE.
NEW SERVICE MACHINESHIGH FLYING SPEEDunited Press Assn. —Elec. Tel.—Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 6. New service machines of high flying speed have been introduced to-day into rthe Royal Air Force. They are the direct result of the experience gained in the Schneider Trophy competitions, and it is declared that they justify the risks and large expenditure involved in those competitions. Engines are used in the British machines which broke the world’s speed record in the contest over the Solent last year. In 1925 America gained the world’s record at what was then regarded as the phenomenal speed of 177 miles an hour. For some time the British Royal Air Force has had in service Bristol Bulldog machines with a speed in excess of this, machines which are not mere racers but carry a full equipment.
The machines now being put into service mark a further advance, and are claimed to he easily superior in performance to any machine produced abroad.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17913, 8 January 1930, Page 9
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