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George Eyston breaks land speed record in 1938...
George Eyston breaks land speed record in 1938...
Item # 715991
August 24, 1938
THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 24, 1938
* Captain George E. T. Eyston
* Land speed record broken
* Thunberbolt car - Rolls-Royce R
The top of the front page has a banner headline: "Eyston Goes 347 MPH on Utah Flats" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in great condition.
Note: On August 24, 1938, Captain George Eyston set a new land speed record driving his Thunderbolt car on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Eyston's achievement was celebrated worldwide and marked one of the last great land speed records before World War II.
Thunderbolt remains an iconic symbol of pre-war engineering ambition.
Category: The 20th Century
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