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Jun
7
2012
Supermarine’s S.5 Flies at Suffolk
Posted by HW on 07 Jun 2012 /
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Published on June 7, 2012 On this date in 1927, RAF pilot Flight Lieutenant O. E. Worsley took the first flight in Britain’s newly constructed entry to the Schneider Cup, the Supermarine S.5 racer. The Italians, having achieved victory in 1925, had set the race date for September 1927 and Supermarine had undertaken extraordinary efforts [...]
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