At Calshot, England, where British speed pilots were preparing for the Schneider Cup races against Italy and France on Sept. 12, a young lieutenant last week climbed into the cockpit of the Supermarine S-6, which won the Schneider Cup two years ago. He was Lieut. Gerald Lewis Brinton. 26, youngest member of the British Schneider Cup team. It was his first flight in the S-6.
The plane slid along the surface of the Solent until it was going about 200 m.p.h. It cleared the water for a second and then dropped back to...
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