Hughes racer record 352mph 1935

John Ross wrote:

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:32:13 GMT, Chris W wrote:

What I want to know is why didn't Hughes go after *that* record in his
land plane? What was it about the sea planes that they were so much
faster than the land planes?

IIRC the Schneider cup rules specified all entrants HAD to be
seaplanes, so that's what were built. I don't think the Hughes racer
could have taken the record if pontoons had been built for it.

JR

What I meant is why couldn't Hughes build a land plane that would go faster
than the fastest sea plane?

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