The trophy (pictured in the upper left corner of this page) was posted in 1912 by M. Jacques Schneider, famed French sportsman and maker of firearms. The Schneider Trophy and a financial prize was posted to promote the developement of seaplanes. Schneider felt that seaplanes offered a more cost effective way to create air travel and commerce because nearly every city had either a coast line, river or lake, eliminating the need to construct expensive airfields that the land based aircraft would need.
The trophy itself is an overwhelming object of art nouveau style. Designed by E. Garbard, it is a
BOOKS ABOUT THE SCHNEIDER CUP & AIRCRAFT
Schneider Trophy Aircraft 1913-1931 by Derek N. James, Putnam Press 1981 Excellent
The Speed Seekers by Thomas Foxworth, Doubleday, 1974 . ISBN 0-385-06050-5 Excellent
Schneider Trophy Racers by Robert Hirsch, Motorbooks International, 1993 ISBN 0-87938-616-9
silver-plated casting of a woman with wings, the Spirit of Flight, kissing the waves in which appear four heads of young men: Neptune and three Tritons.
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