[Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph

[Doug .............]

I stand with Tom...     'we'  expect    "much faster"    ;-)


c heers, 'Dirt Track Doug '
    2243.3
or so miles due east of the marvelous Bonneville Salt Flats


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> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:57:32 -0700
> From: saltracer at awwwsome.com
> To: land-speed at autox.team.net; jpszalay01 at insightbb.com
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] British Steam effort  139.843mph
>
> Is that fast? Sorry, I guess I am not too impressed..In 1938, the British
> steam LINER Class A4 4468 Mallard I, with six coaches plus a dynamometer
car
> in tow, ran 126 MPH.
>
> A much different car than the present streamliner, the Stanley Steamer, set
> record at 127.659 MPH in 1906. I would think that the technology of today
> would send them much faster.
>
> Tom


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