Scope and Contents Document Type: Book Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight #7The date 28 September 1923 is an important one in the annals of aviation. On that day, at Cowes in England, the sixth international race for the Schneider Cup was held, and on that day the Schneider race changed drastically from a contest to evaluate speed, reliability, and navigability of seaplanes to an all-out, high-speed competition between world powers.This change was brought about by two sleek,...

Scope and Contents Document Type: Book Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3Foreword: In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.In delineating the history of the engine from its brilliant conception through its role in World War I to its...