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RM2M996T5–Car designed by a French engineer for world speed records -- it was eventually burnt out during tests on the sands at La Baule.
RMPYADCN–Jason Liversidge, who has Motor Neurone Disease, hopes to set world speed records in his purpose built electric wheelchair at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire.
RMDYEMK5–Donald Malcolm Campbell (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. Bluebird CN7 was the most advanced car in the world and was powered by a specially modified Bristol-Siddeley Proteus free-turbine engine, designed to achieve 475–500 mph and was completed by the spring of 1960.At the end of 1962, CN7 was shipped out to Australia ready for the new speed attempt in July 1964. he achieved speeds of 403.10 mph (648.73 km/h).
RME102KY–DONALD MALCOLM CAMPBELL British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water & land 1950s & 1960s
RMDN8PN7–Donald Malcolm Campbell CBE was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s.
RM2M3RDMM–Another speed king of the future? Young Donald Campbell and his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell with Donald's electric motor car. Sir Malcolm Campbell was holder of 13 world speed records in the 1920s and 30s in the famous Bluebird cars and boats, and his second wife. This background would shape Donald Campbell's entire character, and indeed his life. He broke eight absolute world speed records himself on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). He was killed attempting a new water speed record o
RMMNHDBT–ExCel, London, UK. 17 May, 2018. The Confused.com London Motor Show event runs from 17-20 May 2018 with a space 4.5 times bigger than last year. Photo: The unique British built aero engine powered Napier Railton commissioned by John Cobb between 1933 and 1937 broke 47 World speed records. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News.
RMG824CD–Memorial to Leo Villa OBE Chief mechanic to Sir Malcolm Campbell and his son Donald for their Land and Water World Speed Records
RMKG4H2N–Silura 100 won 46 world speed records in Monza 1956 on display at the Ducati factory museum, Bologna, Italy.
RFKGFGD5–1933 Napier-Railton Special, which broke 47 world speed records. Owned by Brooklands Museum and here at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015
RM2JA50F9–Major Sir Henry Segrave, racing motorist and land and water speed pioneer. === Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave (1896 – 1930) set three land and one water records. He was also the first person to travel at over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) on land. He was born in Baltimore USA , brought up in Ireland but was a British National who attended Eton. During WWI he joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. His accidental death occurred in 1930 soon after setting a new world water speed record with 'Miss England' seen here on Lake Windermere, England.
RMC1WX5C–Billboard, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, c. 1956 showing it was home to land speed world records (John Cobb and Ab Jenkins)
RM2H90TX1–Commemorating plaque from 1996 in commemoration of 2 world air speed records in 1946 & 1953 by the seafront in Rustington, West Sussex, England, UK.
RMHEWJHK–The F-86D first flew on December 22, 1949. It was developed as an all-weather interceptor version of the formidable F-86A. The F-86D was used in the 1950s to guard against enemy air attack, both in the United States and overseas. Over 2500 of the F86- D models were produced. The F-86D is well-known for historic firsts. It was the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to have all-rocket armament. It was also the first all-weather interceptor with a one-man crew to pilot the aircraft and to operate the radar fire control system. The F-86D set new world speed records of 698 mph in November 1952 and 715
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RMCY816T–A plaque at Saltburn commemorating the annual attempts on the World Land Speed records held on the beach 1906-1937
RM2F4965E–September 19, 2020, Van Nuys, ca, usa: A pritsine jet outside one of the Clay Lacy Aviation hangers. Entrepreneur, airline captain, military test pilot, air race champion, aviation record-setter and aerial cinematographer, Clay Lacy has accumulated more hours flying jets than anyone on Earth. He has logged 50,000 flight hours in more than 300 aircraft types, set 29 world speed records and performed over 2500 film missions. While still a pilot at United in 1964, Lacy earned his Learjet rating and became the Learjet salesman for the western United States. Lacy leased a Learjet in 1968 and fou
RMJ21KR4–London, UK. 23rd April, 2017.A competitor dressed as a Storm Trooper enters the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest Storm Trooper at the Virgin Money Marathon Credit: Ian Davidson/Alamy Live News
RM2CDPRER–The Supermarine S.6, a British, single-engined, single-seat, racing seaplane built by Supermarine. Designated N247, it was one of a line of Supermarine seaplane racers that were designed for Schneider Trophy contests of the late 1920 and 1930s. N247 came first piloted by Flying Officer H.R.D. Waghorn at a speed of 328.63 mph (528.88 km/h) and set World closed-circuit records for 50 and 100 km during its run.
RMEJXJK1–AJAXNETPHOTO. - JULY 1932(?). LOCH LOMOND, SCOTLAND. - WORLD WATER SPEED RECORD BREAKER - KAYE E. DON PILOTED MISS ENGLAND III TO NEW SPEED RECORDS ON 18TH JULY OF 117.43 AND 119.81 MPH. THE BOAT WAS BUILT BY THORNYCROFT AND POWERED BY TWIN SUPERCHARGED ROLLS ROYCE AERO ENGINES.
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RMPYADGY–Jason Liversidge, who has Motor Neurone Disease, hopes to set world speed records in his purpose built electric wheelchair at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire.
RMDYEMK6–Donald Malcolm Campbell (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. Bluebird CN7 was the most advanced car in the world and was powered by a specially modified Bristol-Siddeley Proteus free-turbine engine, designed to achieve 475–500 mph and was completed by the spring of 1960.At the end of 1962, CN7 was shipped out to Australia ready for the new speed attempt in July 1964. he achieved speeds of 403.10 mph (648.73 km/h).
RME102M1–DONALD MALCOLM CAMPBELL British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water & land 1950s & 1960s
RMDYEETJ–Model of the Thrust SSC, Supersonic Car 1997. Thrust SSC holds the World Land Speed Record and was the first car to officially break the sound barrier
RM2BW1XKW–World motor-cycle record holder rides round Crystal Palace circuit at Coronation Grand Prix. Eric Fernihough, holder of the world's motorcycle speed record, open the Coronation Grand Prix motor-cycle meeting on the Crystal Palace road-racing track by riding a lap or his record-breaking machine. Photo shows: Eric Fernihough riding around the circuit on his record-breaking machine. 15 May 1937
RMMNHDBW–ExCel, London, UK. 17 May, 2018. The Confused.com London Motor Show event runs from 17-20 May 2018 with a space 4.5 times bigger than last year. Photo: The unique British built aero engine powered Napier Railton commissioned by John Cobb between 1933 and 1937 broke 47 World speed records. Credit: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News.
RMK6BB4D–The warm light of the setting sun lights up a 'pressure ridge' with the Silver Island Mountains in the distance.
RMC2GFYJ–George Eyston and Albert Denly's 'Speed of the Wind' - in 1936 it held the world record for the most miles covered in 12 hours
RM2M3JR4A–Breaker of Sir Malcolm Campbell's world speed record for 'baby' cars seen here in his M.G. Midget. Eyston established more records during his racing career than virtually any other driver, and broke the land speed record three times in 'Thunderbolt'. Date: March 21st 1931
RM2A8PGGD–1930's image. LAND SPEED RECORD - Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948) British racing motorist and motoring journalist, at the wheel of Bluebird (Blue Bird) II (Campbell-Napier Blue Bird 1927)
RMF5DKJA–Plaque commemorating World Land Speed Records, Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Great Britain, United Kingdom, UK, Europe
RMHEWJHH–The F-86D first flew on December 22, 1949. It was developed as an all-weather interceptor version of the formidable F-86A. The F-86D was used in the 1950s to guard against enemy air attack, both in the United States and overseas. Over 2500 of the F86- D models were produced. The F-86D is well-known for historic firsts. It was the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to have all-rocket armament. It was also the first all-weather interceptor with a one-man crew to pilot the aircraft and to operate the radar fire control system. The F-86D set new world speed records of 698 mph in November 1952 and 715
RMCWC270–Malcolm Campbell 1885-1948 set the world land and water speed records in 1920s and 1930s. 1931 portrait. LC-USZ62-104073
RMEJXJJY–AJAXNETPHOTO. - 1939 (?). LAKE CONISTON, ENGLAND. - SPEED RECORD - SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S THREE POINT HYDROPLANE BLUEBIRD K4 SET A WATER SPEED RECORD ON 19TH AUGUST, 1939 OF 141.74 MPH. THE BOAT WAS BUILT BY VOSPER LTD AND POWERED BY A ROLLS ROYCE R ENGINE. K4 WAS MODIFIED POST WAR AND FITTED WITH A DE HAVILAND GOBLIN II TURBO JET ENGINE AND NICKNAMED 'THE SLIPPER'. NO NEW RECORDS WERE MADE WITH THE BOAT DURING SPEED TRIALS IN 1947 AND 1948.
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RMJ21KR1–London, UK. 23rd April, 2017.A runner dressed as a toilet roll gains a Guniess World Record at the Virgin Money Marathon Credit: Ian Davidson/Alamy Live News
RMK70GPH–AMERICAN WOMEN WHO FLY WARSHIPS TO THE MEN WHO FLY THEM AGAINST AXIS -- Leader of the U.S. group, Flight Captain Jacqueline Cochran, holder of numerous U.S. and international speed and altitude records. June 13, 1942.
RMPYADDA–Jason Liversidge, who has Motor Neurone Disease, and hopes to set world speed records in his purpose built electric wheelchair, is lifted in to his wheelchair, at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire.
RM2RF9K0P–Norway: 1915. Oscar Mathisen, world speed skating champion. He was World All-Around Champion:1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914. He also set 14 world records.
RME102M0–DONALD MALCOLM CAMPBELL British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water & land 1950s & 1960s
RMDYEETH–Model of the Thrust SSC, Supersonic Car 1997. Thrust SSC holds the World Land Speed Record and was the first car to officially break the sound barrier
RMFFH1DW–At 80,000 feet, the SR-71 was capable of surveying 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. In mid-1976, an SR-71 set two world records for its class, with a speed record of about 2,193 mph and an altitude record of sustained flight at about 85,069 feet.
RMDYEERM–Golden Arrow 1929. Driven by Major Henry Segrave in an attempt to break the World Land Speed
RM2T4XRM0–The Fastest Shed, Holder of the Guinness world record also many other speed records, on display in the Crazee Creations zone.
RM2G5YX2G–Plaque in Rustington, West Sussex marking two world air speed records: Group Captain E.Donaldson (616 mph) and Squadron Leader Neville Duke (727 mph)
RMR276YE–Renault Nervasport 1934, 3 world speed records, Mondial Paris Motor Show, Paris, France, Europe
RMT950TT–Entitled: 'Diavolo performing his bicycle daredevil act before a large audience.' Conn Baker (January 31, 1871 - October 8, 1944) was an American daredevil and artist. He took up bicycle racing as a teenager in the 1880s. He soon held several world records for speed and endurance. Baker was the first person to perfect a 'loop-the-loop' using a safety bicycle. He joined the Forepaugh and Sells Circus in 1901, performing under the stage name of J.C.
RM2E21HC4–1933 Press photo showing Sir Malcolm Campbell & his card 'Bluebird' during his speed record run at Daytona Beach USA
RMJEW7K4–AJAXNETPHOTO. 1993 - SOLENT, ENGLAND - NEW CAT ON SEA TRIALS - ENZA - NEW ZEALAND, SKIPPERED BY ROBIN KNOX JOHNSTON AND PETER BLAKE UNDERGOING SEA TRIALS BEFORE THEIR RECORD CIRCUMNAVIGATION ATTEMPT. PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX REF:930072
RMF2B1RJ–Art Arfons on the Bonneville Salt Flats with his 'Green Monster' jet car. He would set three world land speed records between 1964 and 1965. (CSU 2015 7 422)
RMGDBCAD–AJAX NEWS PHOTOS. OCT 1975. WEYMOUTH, ENGLAND. - JOHN PLAYER SPECIAL WORLD SAILING SPEED TRIALS -TANDEM WINDSURFER, CLIVE COLENZO (GB) REACHED SPEEDS OF 13 KNOTS. PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX
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RM2M99767–Parry Thomas, motor racing driver, at the wheel of Babs, half an hour before his fatal accident attempting another world speed record at Pendine, Carmarthenshire on 3 March 1928.
RMGE4JEW–(September 1, 1961) As crew members secure the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft after a research flight, the B-52 mothership used for launching this unique aircraft does a low fly-by overhead. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights over a period of nearly 10 years from 1959 to 1968, and set unofficial world speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 feet. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program. Image # : EC-61-0034
RM2E0HA47–An early portrait of Henry Segrave, racing motorist and land and water speed pioneer. === Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave (1896 – 1930) set three land and one water records. He was also the first person to travel at over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) on land. He was born in Baltimore USA but brought up in Ireland but was a British National who attended Eton. During WWI he joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. His accidental death occurred in 1930 soon after setting a new world water speed record with 'Miss England' on Lake Windermere, England.
RMPYADDX–Jason Liversidge, who has Motor Neurone Disease, hopes to set world speed records in his purpose built electric wheelchair at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire.
RM2RG9JHP–United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185) 61- 2666 was rolled out on 15 February 1962 ; flown on21 March 1962 ; delivered to the USAF on 30 March 1962.. Assigned to Military Air Transport Service in April 1962: Set several world-class cargo lift and speed records. In august 1965 converted to WC-135B and assigned to the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing, Air Force Weather Service, McClellan AFB, CA. Also designated Constant Phoenix to collect atmospheric samples for t
RME102KX–DONALD MALCOLM CAMPBELL British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water & land 1950s & 1960s
RM2HJ4R1R–Donald Campbell races across Coniston Water during one of his two runs today, 7th November 1957, in which he raised his own world water speed record to 239.07 miles an hour.
RME0PXGR–Apr. 04, 1957 - Moto-Guzzi breaks seven world records. Seen at speed on the Monza track near Milan, when it broke seven world records in the 350 cc class, is the latest Italian 350 cc ''Nibbic II'' Moto-Guzzi motor cycle.
RMDYEERP–Golden Arrow 1929. Driven by Major Henry Segrave in an attempt to break the World Land Speed
RME1004A–Jan. 01, 1972 - World records on the ice of Davos. At Davos, Anne Henning from USA (left) and leo Linkovesi from Finland (right) set up new world records in 500 meters speed ice-skating.
RM2G5YX2C–Plaque in Rustington, West Sussex marking two world air speed records: Group Captain E.Donaldson (616 mph) and Squadron Leader Neville Duke (727 mph)
RME0YNY2–Jan. 01, 1971 - 6 new world records in speed skating. In Davos Switzerland Mrs. Stein Kaiser and Ard Schenk right , both from
RMR276YF–Renault Nervasport 1934, 3 world speed records, Mondial Paris Motor Show, Paris, France, Europe
RME137F5–Feb. 29, 2012 - Melody On Parade: Each In Its Own Booth: A World of Their own.. Long lines of Londoners -it's the same the evinces-spend their lunch-hours sitting in little sound - proofed booths playing over their favourite tunes, or hearing new ones before deciding to buy a di to take home to hear whenever they fel like it. Each booth ere is sound proof from its neighbour. Each gramophone turntable has its own volume and tone control, and is able to play records of any speed or size.
RMPB3H83–England, Oxfordshire, Henley, Bluebird K3, which set world water speed records in 1937, the engine
RME14A90–Apr. 17, 2012 - 30 Year Old Manchester Businessman Sets Out To Break World Water Speed Record.: Tony Fahley, a 30 year old business man from Manchester, is preparing to make an attempt on the World R6 water speed record, which at present stands at 120.45.mph. He will also be going for the world, one and two hour endurance records. All the attempts will take place on Lake Windermare, during this month. Tony's hydroplane, Miss Windemere V, is powered by a Jaguar XJ5.3 engine which, it is hoped, will reach up to speeds of between 150 and 175 m.p
RM2HJ4HXF–Donald Campbell breaks the World Water Speed Record at Coniston Water, 19th September 1956. He set a record of 225.63 mph, nine miles faster than his previous world record set on Lake Mead, Nevada, last November.
RME0MTK6–Sep. 05, 1956 - New picture of the delta wing Vulcan Bomber now to Service with the R.A.F.: revolutionary eloped military aircraft at the Flying Display - is the Hawker delta wing Vulcan Bomber- which is now in service with the R.A.F. Poweral by four world altitude records jet the Vulcan was designed to most an calling for 'he best conceivals attainment in speed altitude, range and loag carrying capacity
RME0PYTC–May 05, 1957 - Paris Aviation Show. The Gerfaut specially designed for Delta Wing Planes. Equipped with turbo jet Atar G . Supersonic speed. Holds several world records of ascensional speed. May 25th/57
RME12C35–Dec. 16, 2011 - Supersonic Designer: Robert H.Widmer, vice president-research and engineering at General Dynamics/Fort Worth, has been awarded the Spirit of St. Louis Medal for 1962 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The award, for ''meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics,'' is in recognition of Widmer's outstanding contributions to the development of the B-58 supersonic bomber seen behind him. The only Air Force bomber that operates at more than twice the speed of sound, the B-58 has set fourteen world records for speed, payload and altitude.
RMPYADJ0–Jason Liversidge, who has Motor Neurone Disease, hopes to set world speed records in his purpose built electric wheelchair at Elvington Airfield in North Yorkshire.
RME0MBP8–Jun. 06, 1954 - Sports news.: U.S.S.R. automibils and motorcycle races were held recently in the Crimea of the Moscow Simferopol Highway. Driving a ''Kometa-3'' motorcycle with a side-car (500 c.c. class)Merited Master of Sports N. Shumilkin bettered two world records in the IC and 50 kilometre race. The first he covered at an avarage speed of 193.646 kilometres per hour, and the second at 175,609 km. p.h. Photo shows N. Shumilkin
RMGB0DKE–British racing driver Malcolm Campbell, seated in his Austin 7 Sports Special (7.5HP Austin) on Daytona Beach, just prior to breaking the world speed record for 'baby' cars
RMC2GM41–Outboard motor-boat 'Chick III' driven by H. C. Notley - this small craft held many records in the 1930s
RMG4YPDE–Arriving in Southampton aboard the Queen Elizabeth liner is Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner, the world's fastest small car driver, who has just set a world speed record in a modified MG Sports car on the Bonneville Salt Flats in America, of 139.4 miles per hour
RMDYEERN–Golden Arrow 1929. Driven by Major Henry Segrave in an attempt to break the World Land Speed
RM2CHCG2Y–Richard Browning, founder and pilot at Gravity Industries Ltd, sets the Guinness World Record for 'the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit', at Lagoona Park in Reading, in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2017.
RM2G5YX1A–Plaque in Rustington, West Sussex marking two world air speed records: Group Captain E.Donaldson (616 mph) and Squadron Leader Neville Duke (727 mph)
RM2CHCG1H–Richard Browning, founder and pilot at Gravity Industries Ltd, sets the Guinness World Record for 'the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit', at Lagoona Park in Reading, in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2017
RMR276YH–Renault Nervasport 1934, 3 world speed records and Type A 1898, Mondial Paris Motor Show, Paris, France, Europe
RMG5EGK1–DECEMBER 31st: DONALD CAMPBELL 31/12/1964: Campbell breaks his own Water Speed record, by achieving 276.33 mph on Coniston Water. DONALD CAMPBELL 1957: Mr Donald Campbell sitting in the cockpit of his hydroplane Bluebird at Coniston Water in the Lake District. Mr Campbell is preparing to attack his own world water speed record of 225.63mph. 25/10/02 : Mr Donald Campbell sitting in the cockpit of his hydroplane Bluebird at Coniston Water in the Lake District. Donald Campbell was destined to break speed records on water and land. Son of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who set the land speed record in
RMPB3H8E–England, Oxfordshire, Henley, Bluebird K3, which set world water speed records in 1937, the cockpit
RMG4GDD6–Peter Twiss, Fairey Aviation test pilot, pictured in his home at Ibtsone, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, after he had set a new world air speed record in the Fairey Delta II on two flights over a 9-mile course between Chichester and Ford, Sussex.
RM2M5XG24–1957, historical, the singer and actress Tonia Bern on a BBC televison programme of the era, The Benny Hill Show. Born in Belgium as Antoinette Marie Bern, she studied acing and music at an early age, appearing in Paris aged just 16. A glamorous, attractive lady, in the mid-fifties she was on television shows and in films and in 1958 married Donald Campbell, the legendary pilot of the speedboat Bluebird and the only man to break the world, land and water speed records in the same year. Campbell died in an attempt on the world water speed record at Coniston Water, Cumbria in 1967.
RMT8HCD0–Essex businessman Matt Everard (right) and passenger Russell Shearman with Guinness World Records adjudicator Pravin Patel (left) as they celebrate their Guinness World Record after setting the world land speed record in a tuk tuk at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire.
RMD2MWKN–Member of the motor club clean the longest Trabant in the world, measuring 13,11 meters in length, in front of the city hall of Ludwigslust, Germany, 22 January 2008. The vehicle in the colors of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania was built by members of the 'Fan- und Jugendclub 1000 PS' (Fan and Youth Club 1000 HP) in 1999 from ten disassembled Trabants and got an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2000. In the fully functioning Trabant convertible 15 adults can be seated and the car can speed up to 25 km/h. The xxl Trabant is used for weddings, advertisement and f
RMG7RHDR–Kite boarder Steve Smith who reached 36.1mph on a beach in Hayling Island, Hampshire, which subject to verification from Datron technology and then from Guinness World Records is a brand new world record for the fastest speed on a kite board.
RM2HT25XX–Proteus Bluebird, the car in which Donald Campbell broke the World Automobile Speed Record has has now made its last run, at 5 mph, at RAF Station, Debden, Essex, 19th June 1966. Campbell was due to give a demonstration run at a gala there, but 5 days earlier, the car was badly damaged when, with racing driver Peter Bolton at the controls, it smashed through a wooden fence and hedge at 100 mph, sailed 10ft in the air across the Cambridge Chelsford road, and finally spun across a field for 200 yards. Pictured signing autographs for children.
RMK5W543–AJAXNETPHOTO. 28TH JUNE, 1981. PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. - ROUND THE WORLD SAILOR - PAUL ROGERS (LEFT), SKIPPER OF THE YACHT SPIRIT OF PENTAX WITH GIRLFRIEND SARA DUROSE BEFORE DEPARTING ON HIS RECORD ATTEMPT.
PHOTO:JONATHAN EASTLAND/AJAX REF:ROGERS 812806
RM2FX4PG3–European Speed Skating Championships in Oslo, Maier 15.20.3 world record, January 28, 1968, Speed Skating Championships, world records, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography 1945-1990, visual stories, human history of the Twentieth Century, capturing moments in time
RFJH01P9–As crew members secure the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft after a research flight, the B-52 mothership used for launching this unique aircraft does a low fly-by overhead. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights over a period of nearly 10 years -- 1959 to 1968 -- and set unofficial world speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program.
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