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Mgawa
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US racres

Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:22 am

Few of the US planes used in the Schneider Trophy races.

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daveymac82c
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Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:57 pm

Facinating pictures. Thank you for posting them.

Similar to the Spitfire, did this design evolve into a WWII Fighter? Does anyone know what company built it?

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David
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Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:07 pm

SChnider Trophy have induced many of very valuable research in the sphere of materials, technology and aerodynamics. Most important at all is the wide use of metal propeller [pattented by Italians before WW1]
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Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:46 pm

Didn't Doolittle fly one of these planes? I believe at least one of the Army's Air racers was a Curtiss flown by Doolittle...
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Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:52 am

Yes- first machine in the first post.
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