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The Bluebird-Proteus CN7 is a gas turbine-powered vehicle that was driven by Donald Campbell and achieved the world land speed record on Lake Eyre in Australia on 17 July 1964. The vehicle set the FIA world record for the flying mile at 403.1 mph (648.7 km/h).
All-Time Lap Speed Records: Type Distance Driver Time Average Speed Date Laps Mi Km mph km/h; Practice (unofficial)* 1 2.5 4.0 Arie Luyendyk: 00:37.616 239.260 385.052 10 May 1996 Qualifying: 1 2.5 4.0 Arie Luyendyk 00:37.895 237.498 382.216 12 May 1996 4 10.0 16.1 Arie Luyendyk 02:31.908 236.986 381.392 12 May 1996 Qualifying (Pole Run) 4 10.0 ...
David Mobley, World Long Drive Champion – 2004 – Ranked #1 in the World by Long Drivers of America in 2003, 2004, and 2005 [9] Mike Austin, He was credited by Guinness World Records with hitting the longest drive in tournament play (471m/515 yards) in 1974; Sean Fister ("The Beast"), World Long Drive Champion 1995, 2001, 2005. [10] [11]
Norman Craig Breedlove Sr. [1] (March 23, 1937 – April 4, 2023) was an American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first person in history to reach 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using several turbojet-powered vehicles, all named Spirit of America. [2]
The 349.4 km/h (217.1 mph) Guinness World Records speed was measured by Jaguar one-way without independent control with a car modified for about 50 extra horsepower, the 341.7 km/h (212.3 mph) claims were also factory measured without independent control. [44] 2004 Koenigsegg CCR: 387.866 km/h (241.009 mph)
After a lengthy break from world records Breedlove began work on a new Spirit in 1992, eventually named the Spirit of America Formula Shell LSRV.The vehicle is 44 ft 10 in long, 8 ft 4 in wide, and 5 ft 10 in high (13.67 m by 2.54 m by 1.78 m) and weighs 9,000 lb (4 t), construction is on a steel tube frame with an aluminium skin body.
In 1968, a Soviet November-class submarine reportedly tracked an American carrier group traveling at 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph). [63] Uncrewed torpedo speed claims range from 60 knots (110 km/h; 69 mph) for the British Spearfish torpedo [64] to 200 knots (370 km/h; 230 mph) for the Russian VA-111 Shkval. [65
Austin demonstrated the power of the swing by securing the world long drive title with a 515-yard shot, using a steel-shafted persimmon wood driver, a balata-covered ball and had a 27-mph tail wind, while playing in the U.S. National Seniors Open in 1974. He was 64 years old at the time.