1927 Schneider Trophy

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The 1927 Schneider Trophy was an international seaplane air racing competition held in Venice, Italy, that showcased cutting-edge aviation technology and speed records of the era.

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Label Occurrences
1927 Schneider Trophy canonical 4
Schneider Trophy 1927 Venice 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air race ⓘ
aircraftType floatplane ⓘ
seaplane ⓘ
competingNation Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
competitionType closed-circuit speed race ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
courseType triangular course ⓘ
date 1927-09-26 ⓘ
1927-09-27 ⓘ
distancePerLap 50 km ⓘ
followedBy 1929 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
hostCity Venice ⓘ
hostCountry Italy ⓘ
legacy contributed to design lineage leading to the Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
location Venetian Lagoon ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
medium aviation ⓘ
notableAircraft Curtiss R3C-3 ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss R3C

Macchi M.52 ⓘ
Supermarine S.5 ⓘ
numberOfCompetingNations 3 ⓘ
numberOfLaps 7 ⓘ
organizer Aero Club d’Italia ⓘ
partOf Schneider Trophy series ⓘ
precededBy 1926 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
purpose to encourage development of high-speed seaplanes ⓘ
recordSet world airspeed record over a closed circuit ⓘ
world speed record for seaplanes ⓘ
secondPlaceAircraft Supermarine S.5 (second machine) ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine S.5
secondPlacePilot Oswald Short Kinkead ⓘ
significance demonstrated advances in aerodynamic design and engine performance ⓘ
sponsor Jacques Schneider Prize ⓘ
sport air racing ⓘ
surface water ⓘ
thirdPlaceAircraft Macchi M.52 ⓘ
thirdPlacePilot Mario de Bernardi ⓘ
totalRaceDistance 350 km ⓘ
winner Supermarine S.5 ⓘ
winningAverageSpeed 281.66 mph ⓘ
453.28 km/h ⓘ
winningCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
winningPilot Sidney Webster ⓘ
winningTeam Royal Air Force High Speed Flight ⓘ
year 1927 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sidney Webster → participantIn → 1927 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
1929 Schneider Trophy → precededBy → 1927 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
Macchi M.52 → competition → 1927 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
Gloster IV → competitionYear → 1927 Schneider Trophy ⓘ
subject linked to: Gloster IV seaplane
Gloster IV → competition → Schneider Trophy 1927 Venice ⓘ
linked to: 1927 Schneider Trophy