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Auuu ;T 17, 1933 ADVERTISEMENTS. FLIGHT Some British Triumphs with NAPIER Aero Engines 1918 A Napier - engined D.H. aeroplane climbed to a height of 30,500 ft. in 66 min., the greatest height at this date reached by an aeroplane. 1928 I Q I Q A Napier engined D.H. aeroplane won 1921 the Aerial Derby. Speed, 129.3 m.p.h. A Napier engined Gloster aeroplane won the Aerial Derby. Speed, 163.4 m.p.h. IOO^ ^ Napier-engined Supermarine flying WXtJL boat regained the Schneider Trophy for Great Britain at a speed of 149 m.p.h. IO^O A Napier-engined Gloster aeroplane wJLj won*the Aerial Derby. Speed, 192.4 m.p.h. IQ^Z The first non-stop crossing of South WJtM Atlantic Ocean carried out by Com- mandante Franco flying a Dornier flying boat with two Napier engines. 1927 Schneider Trophy regained for Great Britain by a Supermarine-Napier sea plane flown by Ft.-Lieut. S. N. Web ster, A.F.C. Speed, 281.669 m.p.h. Two machines completed the course —both fitted with Napier engines. 1929 1930 1931 1932 1932 The greatest formation flight ever carried out was made with four Super- marine-Napier Southampton flying boats, each fitted with two Napier engines. The machines flew from England to Australia, round Australia, and backtoSingapore,covering 180,800 engine miles without mechanical trouble. The first non-stop flight from England to India was carried out with a Fairey monoplane fitted with Napier engine. 4,130 miles in 50 hr. 38 min. For the fifth successive year Napier engines were selected by the Royal Air Force for their annual Service flight from Cairo to Cape Town and back. As on previous flights, no mechanical trouble was experienced. The first and only non-stop flight from England to Egypt was carried out with a Fairey monoplane fitted with Napier engine. 2,857 miles in 30 hr. Captain Sir Malcolm Campbell set up a World's Land Speed Record of 253.968 m.p.h. with his Napier-engined " Bluebird " car. Fourteen officers and 534 men were transported from Ismailia to Iraq and back—a distance of 1,728 miles over nearly waterless desert. The aircraft used were Vickers "Victoria" troop carriers, each fitted with two Napier Lion engines. 1933 Squadron-Leader O. R. Gayford, D.F.C., A.F.C., and Flight-Lieut. G. E. Nicholetts, A.F.C., by flying a Fairey (Napier) monoplane from Cranwell, England, to Walvis Bay, South-West Africa, set up a World's long distance non-stop flight record—a distance of 5,309 miles covered in 57 hr. 25 min. New types of Napier Engines now being developed give promise of an improved performance which will enhance this record. NAPIE ENGINES NAPIER & SON, LTD., ACTON, LONDON, W . 3 J Save time by using the Air Mail. xiii c
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