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500 MILES AN HOUR IN MOTOR-CAR

CAPTAIN EYSTON SEES NO HUMAN BARRIER (Received December 5, 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 4. There is no reason, from the point of view of the human organism, why a motor-car should not achieve a speed of 500 miles an hour, according to Captain G. E. T. Eyston, the British racing motorist who holds the world’s land speed record. “It is only a question of faster machines,” he said in an interview. “There is very little exhilaration at high speeds. Great protection is required from the wind, which wore off the paint of the Thunderbolt’s nose.” The life of the Thunderbolt’s engine at full throttle is estimated at only two hours; and the car consumed one gallon of petrol in 15 seconds.

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Southland Times, Issue 23375, 6 December 1937, Page 5

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500 MILES AN HOUR IN MOTOR-CAR Southland Times, Issue 23375, 6 December 1937, Page 5

500 MILES AN HOUR IN MOTOR-CAR Southland Times, Issue 23375, 6 December 1937, Page 5