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1929
1929 - 0735.PDF
FLIGHT, APRIL 11, 1929 M"AJOR SEGRAVE'S engine wasa Napier of the identical type used•by Flight-Lieut. Webster when he won the Schneider Trophy in 1927, and by Flight-Lieut. D'Arcy Greig when, at Calshot last November, he flew at 319-6 m.p.h. This engine is the smallest and lightest prime mover for its power in existence. It stufTs nearly 1000 h.p. into the space of a travelling trunk. IT MUST RANK AS ONE OF THE ENGINEERING MASTERPIECES OF THE DECADE." Yorkshire Tost: 13 March, 1929 *The greatest formation flight ever attempted was successfully accomplished with Napier engines. Four Supermarine" Southampton" flying boats, each fitted with two Napier engines, flew from England to Australia and back to Singapore, covering 180,000 engine miles, without mechanical trouble. The finest aero engine in the World D. NAPIER & SON LTD. ACTON, LONDON, W.3 Save time by using the Air Mail. XI
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