SPEED-BOAT RECORD.
OVER 126 MILES AN HOUR. SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL’S BLUEBIRD. (British Official Wireless.)RUGBY, Sept. 1. Sir Malcolm Campbell, who already holds the world’s land speed record of 301.1 miles an hour, to-day established a new speedboat record on Lake Maggiore iu Italy. He completed the outward run over a nautical mile in his speedboat Bluebird. with a single Rolls Royce engine of 2350 horse-power, in 28.8 seconds at a speed of 124.72 miles an hour, and the return run in 28.2 seconds at a speed of 127.577 miles an hour. The record, therefore, which supersedes that of Commodore Gar Wood in 1932, is 126.249 miles an hour. Gar Wood’s record was achieved in a boat with four engines of a total of nearly 8000 horse-power. It is stated conditions this morning were not good, and that Sir Malcolm Campbell will make another attempt to improve on the record. A Press Association message from Locarno says Sir Malcolm Campbell’s official speed was 126.32 miles per hour. Sir Malcolm believes that the Bluebird is capable of even greater speed, and plans to make a further attempt on September 2.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 235, 3 September 1937, Page 7
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188SPEED-BOAT RECORD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 235, 3 September 1937, Page 7
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