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	Schneider Trophy
		The Schneider prize for seaplanes was first announced by Jaques Schneider, the French Under-Secretary for Air, in 1911, with a prize of the then huge amount of 1,000 pounds.
		It was largely due to the Schneider trophy that aircraft speeds rose from 150 mph at the end of the First World War, to over 400 mph in 1931.
		The Schneider trophy was therefore won outright by Britain.
	www.airracinghistory.freeola.com /Schneider.htm (737 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Schneider Trophy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Schneider Trophy (or prize or cup) for seaplanes was announced by Jacques Schneider, a financier, balloonist and aircraft enthusiast, in 1911 with a prize of roughly £1,000.
		The trophy was first competed for on April 16, 1913, at Monaco and won by a French Deperdussin at an average speed of 45.75 mph (about 73 km/h).
		The Schneider Trophy and substantial money prizes were first offered by Jacques Schneider, a Franch aviation enthusisast, in 1913, when the first race for the trophy was held at Monaco.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Schneider-Trophy (2000 words)

	The Schneider Trophy
		Jacques Schneider was a French industrial manager, licensed plane and balloon pilot, and, for a long time, held the balloon altitude record (10.081 m, 33,074 ft.).
		Schneider thought that a seaplane race would allow these aircraft to improve more quickly.
		The Schneider Trophy never experienced any casualties during competition, but several pilots were killed training for the races.
	www.hydroretro.net /coupeen/coupeeng.htm (427 words)

	The Major Trophy Races of the Golden Age of Air Racing
		Schneider stipulated that if a nation won the trophy three times in a row, that country would become the race's overall permanent champion.
		As the Schneider Trophy Race was coming to a close, a new contest was being born.
		The Thompson Trophy Race, which was intended to encourage the design of faster land planes, became the showcase of the new National Air Races.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/trophies/EX10.htm (1621 words)

	THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY HISTORY
		Jacques Schneider was a French industrial manager, licensed plane and balloon pilot, and, for a long time, held the balloon altitude record (10.081 m, 33,074 ft.).
		The trophy was a work of art costing 25,000 francs (about 67.000 euros 2001).
		IN MEMORIAM: The Schneider Trophy never experienced any casualties during competition, but several pilots were killed training for the races.
	www.solarnavigator.net /aviation_and_space_travel/schneider_trophy_records.htm (432 words)

	Race for the sky: Britain's quest for the Schneider trophy \| Compare and buy \| The Observer
		The trophy, which now resides permanently in the Science Museum in London, was won only because of the brilliance of a young aircraft designer and the patriotism and financial muscle of an eccentric widow.
		Schneider believed that, since most of the world's major cities were built on coasts or major rivers, float planes would be the way ahead.
		The son of a wealthy armaments dealer, Schneider was not short of a centime or two and in 1912 he commissioned La Coupe Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider to find the fastest seaplane, with 75,000 francs for the winner.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /redbullairrace/story/0,,1858575,00.html (1518 words)

	Schneider Trophy
		It was the Schneider trophy which gave rise to the competitive companies producing the new Spitfire for Britain and the Italian Macchi fighters.
		This fly-over was sufficient for Great Britain to gain the Schneider Trophy outright since it meant that the event had been won on three consecutive occasions.
		The 1925 Schneider Trophy contest was scheduled for Baltimore, Maryland in October.
	www.aviationartprints.com /schneider_trophy.htm (1257 words)

	ZODIAC Amphibian wins Schneider Cup seaplane race in Italy
		The 1999 "Small" Schneider Cup seaplane race held on scenic Lake Garda, Italy, on September 19, 1999, was won by Chip Irwin in a ZODIAC CH 601 on Zenair #1150 amphibious floats.
		From 1913 until the early 30’s the Schneider Trophy was the most important contest of its ere.
		The racecourse is a five-kilometer triangle set near the shore of Lake Garda with the banner-marked masts of 3 large sailboats marking the corners.
	www.zenithair.com /misc/schneider-cup.html (417 words)

	RJ Mitchell. A life in Aviation - Schneider Trophy
		Jacques Schneider was a French industrial manager, licensed plane and balloon pilot.
		In his view the development of Seaplanes was lagging behind other aircraft development and so in a bid to breathe life into seaplane development on 5th, December 1912, at the Aéro-Club de France, he offered a trophy for a seaplane race and proposed a course of at least 150 nautical miles.
		The contest ran from 1913 to 1931, the year when Britain won the contest for the third consecutive time and retained the trophy.
	www.rjmitchell-spitfire.co.uk /schneidertrophy/index.asp?sectionID=2 (186 words)

	SCHNEIDER TROPHY (CUP) SEAPLANE RACES - THE ROLLS ROYCE AERO ENGINES AND SPITFIRE AND HURRICANE - THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ...
		No sooner had the Americans won the Schneider Trophy for the first time than preparations for the 1924 race began with Curtiss and Wright working on new designs for the race.
		The British, wishing to develop very advanced racers from Supermarine and Gloster to beat the hosts, asked for the next race to be delayed until 1927 to allow them time to build their aircraft, but this was politely refused.
		The government still refused to support an entry for the Schneider Trophy and left any finances to be raised privately.
	www.bluebird-electric.net /schneider_trophy_races.htm (3805 words)

	The Curtiss R3C - Schneider Trophy Article (Pre-Race)
		The distance to be flown in the first Schneider race was 150 nautical miles (172.83 land miles), or 278 km.
		A British challenger had been built for the 1924 Schneider Cup race by the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company, but this machine was wrecked during a test flight, and as no other entires presented themselves at the race, the Americans declared the 1924 race off.
		This year the Schneider Cup race at Baltimore may be expected to result in the greates air races ever held.
	www.airminded.net /r3c/r3c_av3.html (1082 words)

	BSchneider
		Schneider sent his seniors out to claim the trophy, the school's first football title since 1984's Class AA championship.
		Schneider said he was honored and planned to put the game ball in his "office" at home, a converted walk-in closet.
		Schneider has made some adjustments to keep his program a state power in Class A. He gives more responsibilities to his assistant coaches and adapts his offensive and defenses schemes to fit current players.
	www.ncchs.com /bschneider.htm (2698 words)

	Schneider Trophy
		When Flight Lieutenant John Boothman achieved an average speed of 340.08 mph (547.305 km/h) over the triangular Schneider Trophy course in the Supermarine S6B seaplane on 13 September 1931, to make Great Britain the outright winner with three successive victories, the competition which had been instituted nearly nineteen years earlier came to an end.
		His trophy - depicting, in silver and bronze, a winged figure kissing another one resting on the waves - was first competed for at Monaco on 16 April 1913.
		The winner was a Frenchman, Maurice Prevost, who achieved 45.75 mph (73.63 km/h) over a triangular course totalling 174 miles (280 km) compared with 217 miles (350 km) in later contests in a Deperdussin monoplane with a 160 hp Gnome engine.
	www.supermarine-spitfire.co.uk /schneider_trophy.htm (399 words)

	The Curtiss R3C - Schneider Trophy Article (Post Race)
		The most intersting race ever held in the United States was the contest for teh Jacques Schneider Cup held at Baltimore on Oct. 26, which was won by Lt. James Doolittle of the Air Service at the astonishing speed of 253.573 m.p.h.
		The Italian team were too downcast over the withdrawl of one of their entires at the last minute and the lack of knowledge of the whereabouts of de Briganti to receive their portion of the general congratulations until the eveing festivities.
		With the Pulitzer Trophy and the Schneider Cupp added to the list of achievements of his depearment, his appearnace of delight could be well understood.
	www.airminded.net /r3c/r3c_av4.html (3666 words)

	Rare Original 1927 Schneider Trophy Souvenir Medal (Chris Balm Early Aviation & Motoring Items)
		The Schneider Trophy series were without doubt the most famous and prestigious seaplane races ever held.
		They were started in 1913 by the French Industrialist, Jacques Schneider and were to continue until won three times in five years by the same flying club/country.
		The 1927 Schneider Trophy race was held at Venice, Italy on the 26th September.
	www.cjbalm.com /auto-aero/aitem77.htm (305 words)

	1949 Schneider Trophy Competition - IPMS Seattle 2005
		The definition of a 1949 Schneider racer, in a nutshell, is a float aircraft that has up to 1949 technologies.
		Other than that, the sky was the limit to the number of wonderful creations that were built for this project.
		There was one huge trophy that we commissioned Steve Cozad to design and build; there¹s a picture of it on this page.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2005/may/aviation/Schneider.php (711 words)

	Curtiss R3C-1
		Air races began to enjoy a worldwide popularity, and two of the most coveted prizes were the Pulitzer Trophy and the Schneider Cup.
		The Pulitzer Trophy Race, on the other hand, was sponsored by an American newspaperman, Ralph Pulitzer, to promote high speed in landplanes.
		When flown in the 1925 Schneider Race, the aircraft carried the number 3, and in the 1926 Schneider Trophy Race it was numbered 6.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/curtissr3c.htm (737 words)

	The 1914 Schneider Trophy Race - Isle of Man Airport Website
		The following report was first published in a newspaper in 1914, just after Howard Pixton had won the first Schneider Trophy Race.
		On April Fool's Day 1914, an anxious team of British engineers, handlers and aviators tested the new float system on their entry for the second Schneider race.
		The little biplane was positioned at the end of a high water jetty on the Hamble river as the tide came in.
	www.iom-airport.com /virtual/history/1902/trophy.xml (736 words)

	Piccola Coppa Schneider (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From 1913 until the early 30’s the Schneider Trophy, reserved to the hydroplanes, was the most important contest of its ere.
		The hydroplane world record (still unbeaten) was won on October 23, 1934, by the Italian with the Macchi MC 72, flying at 709.2 km/hr near the shore of Lake Garda.
		The legendary Schneider Trophy is now reborn in a version more adapted to our modern aviation - the Piccola Coppa Schneider (see http://www.aviogatti.it) now challenging light aircraft (European-style "ultralights": aircraft weighting maximum 500 kg.
	www.experimental.ch /Events/piccCoppaSchneider/2001 (357 words)

	Science Museum \| Inside the Spitfire \| Winning for Britain
		From 1923 Mitchell and the Supermarine company began experimenting with increasingly streamlined and more powerful racing aircraft to compete for the international Schneider Trophy for seaplanes.
		Billed at the time as 'The World's Fastest Air Race', the Schneider Trophy was awarded in perpetuity to Britain in 1931 after three successive wins with Supermarine racers.
		The winning floatplane and the Schneider Trophy itself are on display in the museum's Flight gallery.
	www.sciencemuseum.org.uk /exhibitions/spitfire/221.asp (97 words)

	AbeBooks: Search Results - Barker and Schneider Trophy
		D.j., repaired o/w V.G. The Schneider Trophy became the most coveted of all air prizes, the greatest international speed race of all time.
		Ten years after its founding in 1913, the Schneider Trophy had become the most coveted of all air prizes, the greatest international speed race of all time.
		The first contest for the Schneider Trophy was a minor item in 1913; yet, within ten years it had become the most coveted of all air prizes.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/an/Barker+/tn/+Schneider+Trophy (1252 words)

	The Gliding Federation of Australia
		This trophy commemorates the great contribution to the gliding movement in Australia by Edmund Schneider who for some years was Australia’s largest manufacturer of aircraft, even though he only made gliders.
		With the passing of time needs changed, and after being used as an award “when required” the GFA Sports Committee re-allocated it in 1978 to be awarded to the winner of the 15 Metre Class at the Nationals.
		In 1992 a magnificent new 15 Metre Class Trophy was donated anonymously, and the Edmund Schneider Trophy reverted to its original use, being awarded for the best performance by a pilot flying a sailplane deemed to be ‘non-competitive’.
	www.gfa.org.au /trophies/schneider.php (235 words)

	Schneider Trophy
		Aviation art prints of the Schneider trophy race by Leading aviation artists Ivan Berryman, Michael Turner and Gerald Coulson.
		Schneider Trophy Race, 1931 by Ivan Berryman Flt Lt John Boothman completes a victory run over the packed pier at Ryde, isle of Wight as he wins the Schneider Trophy in Supermarine S6B, S1595 at a speed of 340mph.
		Flt Lt John Boothman completes a victory run over the packed pier at Ryde, isle of Wight as he wins the Schneider Trophy in Supermarine S6B, S1595 at a speed of 340mph.
	www.airforce-art.com /schneider_trophy.htm (729 words)

	AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - A H Orlebar und Schneider Trophy
		AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - A H Orlebar und Schneider Trophy
		Schneider Trophy: A Personal Account of High-Speed Flying and the Winning of the Schneider Trophy
		A Personal Account of High-Speed Flying and The Winning of the Schneider Trophy.
	www.abebooks.de /search/sortby/3/an/A+H+Orlebar+/tn/+Schneider+Trophy (174 words)

	News from Zenith Aircraft Company: ZODIAC Wins 1999 Small Schneider Cup Seaplane Race
		The 1999 "Small" Schneider Cup seaplane race held on scenic Lake Garda, Italy, on September 19, 1999, was won by Chip W. Erwin in a ZODIAC CH 601 kit aircraft equipped with Zenair #1150 amphibious floats.
		The hydroplane world record was won on October 23, 1934 by an Italian with the Macchi MC 72, flying at 709.2 Km/hr near the shore of Lake Garda.
		The legendary Schneider Trophy was recently reborn in a version more adapted to modern aviation - the Piccola Coppa Schneider - now challenging light aircraft (European-style "ultralights": aircraft weighting maximum 500 kg.
	www.zenithair.com /news/pr99-zodiac-amphib.html (507 words)

	SCHNEIDER TROPHY (CUP) RACES SEAPLANE COMPETITION THE ROLLS ROYCE AERO ENGINES AND SPITFIRE AND HURRICANE \| THE ...
		SCHNEIDER TROPHY (CUP) RACES SEAPLANE COMPETITION THE ROLLS ROYCE AERO ENGINES AND SPITFIRE AND HURRICANE
		IN MEMORIAM: The Schneider Trophy never experienced any casualties during competition, but several pilots were killed training for the races.
		10ème Rassemblement International d'Hydravions de Biscarrosse Piccola Coppa Schneider
	www.bluebird-electric.net /schneider_trophy.htm (552 words)

	Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
		The first time was after I won the Bendix Race in 1931, and a piston burned out in the middle of the race, and I had to land.
		Fortunately, the Army got the fastest one of the three, and St. Betlis won the Pulitzer Race on wheels, and a month or so later I won the Schneider Trophy Race on pontoons with the same airplane.
		In the Thompson Trophy Race--I think it was 10 laps of 15 miles, 150-mile race, three pylons, 15 miles around--and I marked up on my instrument board each time I completed a lap.
	www.fathom.com /feature/122268 (1277 words)

	The Schneider Trophy Race
		Before it went out to the USA to take part in the Schneider trophy it had already set a new World speed record of 226.75 mph.
		It concentrates on the 1925 race in Baltimore, but also gives a good overview of the whole Schneider Trophy story.
		It tells of the loss of the S4 in unprecedented detail and shows that there were many factors behind the loss of the S4 besides the possible aileron flutter usually given as the cause of the crash.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.dell/Schnei.htm (852 words)

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