1929 Schneider Trophy

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The 1929 Schneider Trophy was an international seaplane air racing competition renowned for advancing high-speed aircraft design and contributing to the development of later iconic fighters like the Supermarine Spitfire.

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instanceOf air race ⓘ
international sporting event ⓘ
seaplane race ⓘ
aim encourage technical advances in seaplanes and marine aviation ⓘ
bodyOfWater Solent ⓘ
competingCountry Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
competitionClass flying boat ⓘ
seaplane ⓘ
countryHostedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
courseType closed circuit ⓘ
date 1929-09-07 ⓘ
distance 217.5 miles ⓘ
350 km ⓘ
editionNumber 10 ⓘ
followedBy 1931 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
hostCity Calshot ⓘ
hostFacility Calshot Naval Air Station ⓘ
linked to: RNAS Calshot
influenced Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
high-speed aircraft design ⓘ
laps 7 ⓘ
legacy contributed to development of later iconic fighters like the Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
location Solent ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
notableAircraft Macchi M.52R ⓘ
linked to: Macchi M.52

Supermarine S.6 ⓘ
notableDesigner R. J. Mitchell ⓘ
notableOutcome demonstrated potential of high-powered liquid-cooled engines in fighters ⓘ
organisedBy Royal Aero Club ⓘ
partOf Schneider Trophy ⓘ
precededBy 1927 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
recordSet world absolute air speed record ⓘ
world speed record for seaplanes ⓘ
rules three wins by same country to retain trophy permanently ⓘ
sponsor Jacques Schneider Prize ⓘ
sport air racing ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
winner United Kingdom ⓘ
winningAircraft Supermarine S.6 ⓘ
winningAircraftManufacturer Supermarine ⓘ
winningAverageSpeed 328.64 mph ⓘ
528.89 km/h ⓘ
winningPilot Henry Waghorn ⓘ
winningPilotCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
winningTeam Royal Air Force High Speed Flight ⓘ
year 1929 ⓘ

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Supermarine S.6 → usedInCompetition → 1929 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
Macchi M.67 → competitionYear → 1929 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
1927 Schneider Trophy → followedBy → 1929 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
Henry Waghorn → participatedIn → 1929 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
Henry Waghorn → awardReceived → Schneider Trophy (1929, as winning pilot for Britain) ⓘ
linked to: 1929 Schneider Trophy
1931 Schneider Trophy → precededBy → 1929 Schneider Trophy ⓘ