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.
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1 comment:

  1. Graham ClaytonDecember 3, 2018 at 7:00 PM

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

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