There was an eleventh-hour surprise when the Gloucester-Napier Machine was brought out late yesterday evening. Her evolutions, Which lasted 20 minutes, amazed the spectators, It has not yet been decided, however, whether this machine will participate in the race.
'The Supermarine 8-6 is a twin-float, low-winged monoplane, with improvements on the S-5. Two machines of the latter type represented Britain in the Schneider' Trophy race at Venice two years ago, and came in first and second. The winner, piloted by Flight-It. Webster, did the course of 217.35 smiles atlan average speed of 281.65 miles per hour. Since then Flight-It, D'Arcy Greig, in a Supermarine 8.6, has- obtained the highest speed ever recorded, over a three-kilometre course, of 819.57 miles per hour.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.