The Quest for Speed: Air Racing and the Influence of the Schneider Trophy Contests 1913-31 - Softcover

Roussel, Mike

 
9780750967914: The Quest for Speed: Air Racing and the Influence of the Schneider Trophy Contests 1913-31
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0750967919 ISBN 13: 9780750967914
Verlag: The History Press, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

This new book charts the impact of the Schneider Trophy on aircraft design, and how air racing focused both flying skills and aircraft capability. In the early 20th century, interest in flying, building, and competing aircraft developed at a furious pace. The Trophy&;s enforced break during World War I saw the loss of some of the pilots and an increased focus on speed in aircraft construction; when the contests restarted in 1919, a new breed of pilots took part, with combat and aerobatic experience. During the "Golden Years of Aviation," there were clashes between government sponsorship and private venture, and resounding defeats that focused designers such as Reginald Mitchell into designing specific racing machines. The government eventually began to sponsor the British entries, and the RAF HighSpeed Flight was formed to fly the racers, finally winning the Trophy outright in 1931, when the shadow of war was looming.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mike Roussel is the author of Joe Smith: Spitfire’s Forgotten Designer and the co-author of Shipwrecks of the Cunard Line and The Union Castle Line. He is an active supporter of Solent Sky Aviation Museum.

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Verlag
The History Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0750967919
ISBN 13 
9780750967914
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
296
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