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The first Mitchell design to use the Rolls-Royce R engine the S6 N247 won the Schneider Trophy race at Calshot in September 1929. (Central Press/Getty Images)
The first Mitchell design to use the Rolls-Royce R engine the S6 N247 won the Schneider Trophy race at Calshot in September 1929. (Central Press/Getty Images)