"On April 6, 1913, Marcel Prevost became the first winner of the Schneider Cup. As early as 1912, French designer Bechereau had drawn up the basic plans of the externally braced Deperdussin monoplane, with which Prevost won the Gordon Bennett Cup race from September 27 to 29, 1913. The plane was distinguished by an aerodynamic styling so far ahead of its time that the United States, Great Britain, and Germany withdrew their entries from the Gordon Bennett race. The superiority demonstrated by the Deperdussin seaplane in winning the Schneider Cup doubtless contributed to their decisions."
(source: Conquerors of the Air, The Evolution of Aircraft, 1968, Heiner Emde and Carlo Demand)
For more information, see The Schneider Trophy - 1st Edition April 16, 1913
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