Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats: Victors, Vanquished and Visions
RALPH PEGRAM recently retired after 35 years working around the world in the oil exploration business for a major oil company. A geology graduate whose early plans to study aeronautical engineering were thwarted by failing to make the grade in mathematics. However, the author maintained a strong interest in aviation history with a particular slant towards the Schneider Trophy contests and aircraft which he has been researching for over 30 years.