[Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph

[Wester Potter]

I'm certain the Brits did too.  Didn't I read the 200 mph figure  
somewhere?

Wes

On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Doug ............. wrote:

> I stand with Tom...     'we'  expect    "much faster"    ;-)
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> c heers, 'Dirt Track Doug '
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> 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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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