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 Picture credit: AirTeamImages/Colin K. Work

This is a Deperdussin Monoplane much like the one used by "well-known" French pilot Prevost, who won the Jacques Schneider Maritime Cup in 1913.

The event was a speed contest open to all types of seaplanes. Flight compiled a History of the Schneider Trophy back in 1925.

The race was held eleven times between 1913 and 1931.

Here we see Steve McQueen and Lee Majors kicking back, having a beer with the sun beating down and probably chatting about the joys of flight.

Steve McQueen's love of aviation is being celebrated in Santa Paula, California, this weekend. Read more....