High Speed Flight RAF
The RAF High Speed Flight, sometimes known as 'The Flight', was a small flight of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed for the purpose of competing the Schneider Trophy contest for racing seaplanes during the 1920s. The Flight was together only until the Trophy was won outright, after which it was disbanded.
Read more about High Speed Flight RAF: Background, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, Aircraft Operated, Post-war Reformation
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