The British had bad luck throughout. Qn the eve of the race the machine in which British hopes of wresting the trophy from the United States were mainly centred was wrecked. The Sapermarine Napier $4 crashed—during navigability tests through some mysterious cause and was completely smashed. Captain H. G. Biard, the pilot, was rescued. The! actual competitors were:—Mr. Bert Hinkler (Britain) Gloster Napier IIT Lieut. James H. Doolittle (United -States) Army Curtiss racer.
Capt: Hubert Broad (Britain), Gloster Napier IIT Lieut. G. Caddihy (United States) Navy Curtiss racer.
Lieut. R. A. Ofstie (United States)
Army Curtiss race.
Lieut.
(italy) Macchi.
Lieut. Ricardo Morselli (Italy)
Macchi, There were only two types of aero-engine in the race, the American Curtise and the British Napi hat, Hinkler an Australian. He non-stop light aeroplane flight which still remains a record. He has a magic touch of the controls of the 200-miles-an-hour racers, The Italian, de Briganti, had won the Schneider Cup in 1921 at. Venice. Lieut. Doolittle is an American Army Test pilot. Lieuts. Ofstie and Cud-dilly have made "seaplane specd records. The Schneider Cup was first won in 1913 by M. Provost, flying a Deperdussin monoplane ai average speed of 46 m. p. b.
The history' of the race shows 9 zenes of leaps in the winners' age speed. ce pat monte pres gain Sint a Owing ta.an accident to. thy only Britigh entrant last year, the Americans galled.off the rage. without permission.
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