Racing Planes and Air Races: A Complete History, Volumes 2-3Aero Publishers, 1969 - Aeronautical sports |
Contents
Schneider Trophy Race | 14 |
James Gordon Bennett Cup Race | 27 |
Lathams Antoinette | 47 |
Copyright | |
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ailerons Air Force Museum air racing aircraft airplane altitude Antoinette Army Curtiss average speed aviation Bennett Cup Race Bennett race Bert Acosta biplane built Cactus Kitten Capt cockpit contest course crashed Curtiss planes Curtiss-Cox Curtiss-Wright Dayton-Wright Deperdussin engine trouble England entry Espanet fabric covered feet finished flew flight flown flying boat France French Glenn Curtiss Gordon Bennett Cup Hanriot Hartney Hispano-Suiza Hubert Latham Jules Vedrines landing gear Louis Bleriot machine Maughan miles monoplane Musée de l'Air Napier Lion Navy Lt Navy Wright Nieuport pilot plywood Ponnier powered Prevost propeller Pulitzer race Pulitzer Trophy pursuit studies racing craft racing plane Rheims Sanderson Schneider race Schneider Trophy seaplanes second lap Sopwith speed record starting line streamlined struts Supermarine Supermarine Sea Lion take-off Thomas-Morse top wing triplane U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy Verville Verville-Sperry Weymann wheels wing radiators winner wore Wright F2W