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LAND SPEED RECORD

Campbell’s New Attempt DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA (Received Jan. *26, 5.5 p.m.) Official Wireless. Rugby, Jan. 25. Sir Malcolm Campbell, who has been suffering from influenza, still had a high temperature when he sailed from Southampton to-day for the United States, where on February 16 he will attempt to.make a new land speed record on his motor-car Bluebird. On boarding the Aquitania Sir Malcolm immediately retired to bed. The Bluebird, which has been reconstructed by Sir Malcolm, set up the present world record of 253.968 miles an hour. It is fitted with Schneider Trophy Rolls-Royce engines, and the horse-power has been raised from 1400 to 2500.

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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 9

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LAND SPEED RECORD Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 9

LAND SPEED RECORD Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 9