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S6B - Aircraft Profile - Supermarine : S6B

S6B

Manufacturer : Supermarine
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S6B


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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. Later the same day, its sister aircraft S1596 broke the world air speed record at 379 mph, flown by Flt. Lt Stainforth.

Schneider Trophy Race, 1931 by Ivan Berryman. (PC)		 The Supermarine S6.B was the aircraft famed for winning the Schneider Trophy outright in 1931. Here, the Rolls Royce R engine is being lowered into the body of the aircraft. The engine cover on the aircraft was so large that when it was removed, there was very little left except a void where the engine would be.

Supermarine S6.B Engine Change by Ivan Berryman.		 The Supermarine S6.B, the forerunner to the Spitfire which would become so famous during World War Two, won the Schneider Trophy outright in 1931.

Supermarine S6.B - Schneider Trophy by Ivan Berryman.		 A Supermarine S6.B runs up its engine in preparation for the Schneider Trophy race. The aircraft would go on to win the trophy outright.

Supermarine S6.B at Calshot, 1931 by Ivan Berryman.

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Schneider Trophy Race, 1931 by Ivan Berryman.


Supermarine S6.B at Calshot, 1931 by Ivan Berryman.


Supermarine S6.B - Schneider Trophy by Ivan Berryman.


Supermarine S6.B Engine Change by Ivan Berryman.


A Moment of Triumph by Gerald Coulson.

Schneider Trophy Winner by Michael Turner.

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Flt Lt Freddy Long
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Second Reserve Pilot of the 1931 Great Britain Schneider Trophy Race. This team won the trophy for the third consecutive time for Great Britain, winning it outright.



Fg Off Leonard Snaith
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First Reserve Pilot of the 1931 Great Britain Schneider Trophy Race. G roup Captain Leonard Snaith in his younger days was a notable athlete, having represented the R.A.F. in athletics, created a new R.A.F. half-mile record (in 1927) and played for the Service rugby football team in 1922-23-24. He joined the High Speed Flight team in 1931 and was reserve pilot for the race. This team won the trophy for the third consecutive time for Great Britain, winning it outright. Test flying had occupied part of his Service career in that, from 1931 till 1934, he was a test pilot at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Felixstowe, and from 1941 until 1942 he was test-flying American aircraft for the British air Commission in the U.S.A.



Leonard Snaith signing prints of Moment of Triumph in 1981.

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