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25 August 2009
Speed Week!
Speed Week History
1945 & 1946
As reported by Simon Leo Barber,
special correspondent to The Island Birdwatcher
Spitfire Turboprop 1946 (Beryl talks technical) - by Simon Barber
Beryl's Spitfire - 1946
Spitfire XXVII Turboprop
&
Pilot Beryl Parkesson at the 1946 air races
(links to a page of images by Simon Barber)
Other race planes of note:
1945 Schneider Trophy-Heinkel 162D
"Sea
Salamander" (photo: S.L. Barber)
1945 Schneider race: fuel supply (from
the scrapbook of Simon Leo Barber)
Air Races 1946 - The Dornier Do 335
"Pfeil" - by Simon Barber
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