The S.5 had a length of 24 feet, 3½ inches (7.404 meters), wingspan of 26 feet, 9 inches (8.153 meters) and height of 11 feet, 1 inch (3.378 meters). The airplane used surface radiators in the skin of the wings for engine cooling. The airplane was of all metal construction, primarily duralumin (a hardened alloy of aluminum and copper). N220 was a single-place, single-engine, low-wing monoplane equipped with pontoons for landing and taking off on water. The Supermarine S.5 was designed by Reginald Mitchell, who would later design the famous Supermarine Spitfire fighter. With its engine running, this Supermarine S.5 shows off its very clean lines. Webster’s teammate, Flight Lieutenant Oswald Worsley, flying S.5 N219, placed second with a time of 47:46.7 and average speed of 272.91 miles per hour (439.21 kilometers per hour). He established a new Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Speed Over 100 Kilometers.¹ Webster completed the race in 46 minutes, 20.3 seconds, averaging 281.656 miles per hour (453.281 kilometers per hour). The course consisted of seven laps of a 50-kilometer course at Venice, Italy. (Unattributed)Ģ6 September 1927: Flight Lieutenant Sidney Norman Webster, A.F.C., of the Royal Air Force High-Speed Flight, won the 1927 Schneider Trophy Race, flying a Supermarine S.5 float plane, number N220. ![]() (Unattributed) Flying Officer Sidney Norman Webster, Royal Air Force, circa 1919. Webster, RAF, leads the Schneider Trophy Race with the blue and silver Supermarine S.5 racer, N220.
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