Land Speed

Author: Harvey Shapiro, Hardbound, 176 Pages, ISBN: 9780498015076, 1st Edition, 1975 - Second-Hand book in excellent unread condition ! Ever since man invented the wheel he has been trying to travel faster and faster. Since 1898 men have raced for...

By: Donald Stevens . Description The development, construction and operation of the last wheel-driven land speed record-breaking car that the UK produced, and how the tragic demise of Donald Campbell precluded it from reaching its full potential. This is...

By: David de Lara . This is the definitive photographic record of Donald Campbell's legendary Bluebirds, captured through the twin lenses of Leo Villa's Stereo Realist Camera, and other images of the time. An amazing body of photojournalism in...

By: David Tremayne . The concept seemed preposterous: take two engines from the humble JCB digger, beloved of young kids and construction companies the world over, and use them to challenge the 235.756mph land speed record for diesel vehicles. But the...

By: Brooklands Books . A portfolio of contemporary reports telling how the Land Speed Record was raised from 231.36 mph in 1930 to 368.85 mph in 1939. Featured are articles on Kaye Don's Silver Bullet, Sir Malcolm Campbell's Blue Birds, George Eyston's...

By: Brooklands Books . A portfolio of reports telling how the first Land Speed Record of 39.24 mph was set in 1898 by Count de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud. By 1919 the record had been officially pushed up to 124.10 mph by the likes of...