The Land Speed Record 1940-1962
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1855205165 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Also featured are record attempts by Donald Campbell in Bluebird, Mickey Thompson in Challenger I, Craig Breedlove in 'Spirit of America', and much more. This portfolio of reports tells how the Land Speed Record was raised from 369 mph to 394 mph by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil Special. Expert comments by David Tremayne.
"Flawed, But One of the Few Books I Know Of On This Subject" according to Randall W. Russell. I enjoyed this "book" - it contains a fair amount of info on LSR cars. However, a big caution - it appears to me that this "book" is actually a compilation of fairly poor quality copies of articles from other publications. As such, the text is not always very distinct, and the photos are all black and white, quite small, and some of rather poor quality. All that being said, I would still recommend this b