Schneider Trophy

Haven’t a clue which one but I’m pretty sure the one in the Science Museum is an S6b.
JDK posted a pic on a previous thread of the awesome engine from the MC72 on display somewhere.
Here:
http://forum.airforces.info/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21206

The S6 used in ‘First of the Few’ was S.6A N248,which is now on display at the Hall of Aviation in Southampton.There was some confusion up until recently as to the exact identity of the Southampton machine as it had been painted as ‘S1596’ for the film,an identity which stuck for many years.It took alot of detective work during restoration to discover its true identity.

Neil

I think the S6 was used to play the S5 (with a mocked-up fuselage fairing for the middle bank of cylinders) in First of the Few

I’ve always been intrigued by the tandem-engined Macchi MC-72 Schneider Cup racers.
Reckon they look fast, even parked up ,….mmmm…:)

Go to http://www.lsss.homestead.com/mc72.html and click on the sound file they have there.

The noise this thing makes gives me goosebumps !!!!
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

I remember seeing the 70’s replica on the water at Thorpe Park – before the place became a thenme park and was just a collection of gravel pits that was used for water skiing..

as an anside, what were the a/c used during the filming of First Of the Few… the flying ‘action’ looks liek archive footage and studio mock ups, but there are several taxiing scenes which must’ve used full size models, or were the originals still about?

Neil.

Two Supermarine S6s still exist – one I think in the Science Museum, and another in the Southampton Hall of Aviation.

A Supermarine S5 replica was built back in the 70s, but I think this one crashed sometime later.