Pioneering Moments

The triangular Schneider Race Course

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The 1925 Schneider race course spanned the Chesapeake Bay.

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The triangular Schneider race course stretched from Bay Shore Park to Gibson Island to the south and across Chesapeake Bay to Huntingfield Point. Contestants had to fly the 50-kilometer (31-mile) course seven times.

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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI 77-3229).

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SI 77-3229
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Date: 
1925
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Illustration

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