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1923 - 0574.PDF
THE SCHNEIDER CUP RACE: Discussing thechances of Britain in the race. From left to right, Col. Alec Ogilvie, Col. Frank McClean, Mr. Hubert Scott-Paine, and Commander Harold Perrin. so as it was a Sopwith seaplane which first brought theSchneider Cup to this country in 1914. The French MachinesVery little is known about the French representatives in the Schneider contest. The two C.A.M.S. racers aresingle-engined flying boats fitted with 360 h.p. Hispano engines. As the accompanying photographs will show,they are of usual C.A.M.S. design, very clean and well Al SEPTEMBER 27, 1923 streamlined. As distinct from the Supermarine boat theyhave flat sides and a concave step, a form of hull which probably M. Conflenti, the C.A.M.S. chief designer, has donemore to develop than any other individual designer. A peculiarity of the hollow step is that the boat, on taxying,-does not throw up any spray outwards and aft,, as do our boats, but rather push the water up ahead of them untilreaching the "tump speed." when they seem to climb on top of the hill of water and get away. Nothing is knownabout the speed of the C.A.M.S., but both Mr. Santoni and M. Conflenti are known to have been associated in the pastwith very fast machines, and it may be taken for granted that their 1923 types will be no exceptions to the rule. The Latham flying boats are twin-engined machines, withtwo 400 h.p. Lorraine-Dietrichs placed tandem - fashion between the hull and the top plane centre-section. Themachines are of small size, considering their power, and have but one strut on each side. The boat hulls are of theflat-sided type, but differ from the C.A.M.S. in that there is a V-bottom. One of our photographs, taken immediatelyafter the arrival at Cowes on Tuesday, shows the first of the Lathams to arrive, piloted by Duhamel. This machine isthe F-E.S.E.J. Both that and the second Latham, piloted by Benoit, flew over from France. With reference to the Blanchard machine nothing is atpresent known, and at the moment of writing it is reported that this machine is held up by bad weather in the Channel,and that it has been formally withdrawn from the race. As this machine is fitted with a French-built " Jupiter " engine-its absence is much to be regretted. Presumably, its place in the race will be taken by either the C.A.M.S. 36A or thesecond Latham. The accident to the Navy-Wright seems to have beencaused in a most peculiar way. This machine was fitted with metal propeller, • and it is reported that thepropeller burst while the machine was flying in the vicinity of Selsey Bill, puncturing the floats and causing the machineto crash on alighting. Fortunately, the pilot, Lieut. Gorton, U.S.N., was uninjured. The machine was later towed upto Southsea, where it rested upside down, with its 700 h.p.. engine submerged. THE SCHNEIDER CUP RACE: How the French Government help their'Plane constructors. The C.A.M.S.'machines competing in the Schneider Cup Race were conveyed to Cowes by the Verdun (seen above on arrival), this action but emphasising the support given by the Government to help capture the coveted trophy, bothin striking contrast to the Home Authorities " letting-the-De'il-take-the-hindermost " attitude. * ' *, • 574
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