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The Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Ralph Pegram
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10 - Publisher:

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Timed to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of the Schneider Trophy, this book is a history of over one hundred different aircraft that contested the t
Schneider Trophy Aircraft 1913-1931
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Derek N. James
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-14 - Publisher:

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At the end of 1912 Jacques Schneider announced his intention of presenting an annual trophy for an international seaplane contest. There were only twelve Schnei
The Schneider Trophy Air Races
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Jerry Murland
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-15 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation

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The history of the Schneider Trophy is the history of aircraft development. When Jacques Schneider devised and inaugurated the Coupe d’Aviation Maritime race
Flying Boats & Seaplanes
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Stéphane Nicolaou
Categories: Seaplanes
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Zenith Press

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Beginning with races that were staged at elegant French resorts in the early part of the century, flying boats and seaplanes have played an integral part in avi
Wings Over Water
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Jonathan Glancey
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-01 - Publisher: Atlantic Books

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Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy stole the imaginations of pioneering aircraft manufacturers in America, France, Britain and Italy, as they competed in a