Abstract

SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL made a new world land-speed record on September 3 by driving hia Bluebird car on the Bonneville salt flats in Utah at a mean average speed of 301-337 miles per hour. In the first mn, he was stated to have covered the measured mile in 11-83 sec, which works out at 304.311 m.p.h. The second run was stated to have been covered in 12-18 sec, giving a speed of 295-566 m.p.h. His average speed was therefore given aa 299.875 m.p.h. Later it was announced that there had been a miscalculation of the time, and the average speed was corrected to 301-337 m.p.h.

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