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FLIGHT, APRIL 25, 1929 Yd. ^#w &%w w Britain's Air, Land and Sea Triumphs 9 The Napier aero engine hasgiven Great Britain pre-eminence in the air, on land and sea SPEED IN AIR The highest speed ever accomplished in the air was achieved by Flight-Lieut. D'Arcy Greig, D.F.C., A.F.C., in November last, when he covered three kilometres at the marvellous average speed of 319.5 m.p.h. He flew a Supermarine seaplane with Napier engine. This same machine and engine, piloted by Flight- Lieut. S. N. Webster, A.F.C., won the Schneider Trophy at Venice in September 1927 at an average speed over 200 miles of 281.669 m.p.h. |Jf SPEED ON LAND j] The highest speed ever attained on land was made by Major H. O. D. Segrave when he drove his Irving-Napier car over one mile at the amazing speed of 231.36 m.p.h. He used a Napier engine. " Please accept my sincerest congratulations on the performance of the two Napier engines installed in the Golden Arrow and Miss England, both of which completed their task without at any time giving the slightest cause for anxiety. SEGRAVE." SPEED ON SEA The world's motor-boat speed championship wras won at Miami by Major H. O. D. Segrave, driving Sir Charles Wakefield's Napier-engined "Miss England." RELIABILITY The greatest formation flight ever attempted was successfully accomplished in 1928 with Napier engines. Four Supcrmarine "Southampton" flying boats, each fitted with 2 Napier engines, flew from England to Australia and back to Singapore, covering 180,800 engine miles, without mechanical trouble. NAPIER The finest aero engine in the World D. NAPIER & SON, LTD. ACTON, LONDON, W.3 AND KEmKED •I Save time by using the Air Mail. xi
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