THE "ROCKET" CAR
SPEED OF 430 MILES AN HOUR
CLAIMED
United Proas Association—By Electric
Telegraph—Copyright
BERLIN. 14th April
A director of the Opel Company states that in Yesterday's trial the "rocket" car obtained a spaed of 430 miles per hour for a few seconds.
The '•nickel" car resembles a racer. evcr.pt that instead of a chamber, at the rear it, contains twelve pipes whence rockets are discharged, pairs of pipes being connected with fuses which are linked to a switchboard controlled by the driver. The tcckets are discharged by an electric spark, caustig a sheet of flame to burst out. the car leaping forward with terrific speed enveloped in a. smoke cloud.
A drawback is thai each rocket cost a small fortune.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 April 1928, Page 5
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122THE "ROCKET" CAR Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 April 1928, Page 5
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