LAND SPEED RECORD
BRITAIN'S NEW ATTACK FOUR MILES A MINUTE? (British Official Wireless.; RUGBY, Dec. 30. In the last Tew days, mechanics have made a trial assembly of a ear in which Captain Malcolm Campbell will attack, at Dnytona Beach, Sir Henry Segrave's speed record. With 20 cylinders of MOD h.p., the engine, although -twice as powerful as an express railway engine, is only sft long and 3ft wide. It was designed originally for a seaplane in the Schneider Trophy race. The special permission of the Air Ministry has been obtained for its use. A .-'cries of experiments on streamlining carried out by models in a wind tunnel preceded the construction of the chassis and body, and the resistance lias been reduced to a minimum. ("apt. Campbell hopes to reach a speed of more than four miles a minute.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17455, 2 January 1931, Page 7
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