He was familiar with the history of the area from the land speed record attempts.
Common units of land speed include:
The world records for highest land speeds are regularly broken here.
Another unique model choice was Henry Ford's 1902 model 999 land speed record car (see Force 1992, 107-110 for models produced up to about 1980).
In 2009, the airfield was used as a test track for a British-built steam car hoping to smash the longest standing land speed record.
The world's land speed record, 1951.
He was the holder of more than 60 British national and international land speed and racing titles.
The predicted torrential rain did fall, the lake became flooded and the 1963 land speed record attempt was abandoned.
Typical land speeds are approximately 100 km/h (62.5 mph) in either 4- or 8-wheel drive, however fuel economy decreases in 8-wheel drive.
Streamliner: This is a full fairing as found on land speed record machines.
