A Triumph for Sheffield Steel.

In reference to the great honour secured for British aviation by Flight-Lieutenant Webster's victory in the recent Schneider Cup race (in the course of which the great speed of 284.14 miles per hour was attained by Lieutenant Webster) Sir Samuel Hoare paid a tribute to the excellence of British (Sheffield) steel. “A notable contribution both of material and workmanship to this British success,” he said, “was that of Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., who were responsible for the steel and manufacture of the crankshaft and the connecting rods of the Napier “Lion” engine installed in the Supermarine-Napier s.5.

This constitutes the fourth record-breaking achievement during 1927 in which Vickers steels have proved their incontestable excellence.”

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“As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form,
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,
Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread

…”—Goldsmith.