Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Italian Schneider Cup entrant, 1931

 
Technical problems prevented the Macchi MC 72 from entering the 1931 Schneider race, but it later established a still unbeaten world air speed record of 440 mph for piston-engined seaplanes.

1 comment:

Graham Clayton said...

I wonder how fast the MC-72 would have gone of the drag-inducing pontoons were removed.