The Schneider Race Last Saturday Great Britain won the Schneider
seaplane race by a large margin. The winner, Flying Officer H. R. D. Waghorn, flew the seven laps (about 218 land miles) at the average speed of 328.63 miles an hour. An Italian competitor, Warrant Officer T. Dal Molin, was second, with an average speed of 284.2 miles an hour. Flight. Lieutenant D'Arcy Greig, of the British team, was third, with an average speed of 282.11 miles an hour. Flying Officer Atcherley, of the British team, would easily have been second—his average speed being 325.54 miles an hour—if he had not been dis- qualified for failing to round one of the marks. He, however, flew the fastest lap in the competition—at a speed of 882.49 miles an hour. On Tuesday Squadron Leader Orlebar and Flight Lieutenant Stainforth both decisively beat the speed record over three kilometres. Squadron Leader Orlebar flew at a speed of 855.8 miles an hour. * *
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