Supermarine S6A, N248, Solent Sky
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Registration: N248
Construction Number: Unknown
Model Supermarine S6A
Operator: Solent Sky
Airport: Southampton - Solent Sky Museum, UK - England
Photographer: Malcolm Clarke
Date Taken: 30/07/1992
Date Submitted: 24/05/2007
Built in 1929, N248 was entered for the Schneider Trophy contest held at Calshot the same year. Disqualified for turning inside a pylon, she nevertheless set a new world speed record of 332 mph. Seen here at what was then the Southampton Hall of Aviation.
Picture ID:1055820