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1947
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SEPTEMBER 25TH, TQ47 FLIGHT Advertisement?. 2T ailiiMliiiiilillilliiliiiiiiilil I Just one morel 1 §§ • III s - - ~ 1 record added to the long list of outstanding | | successes of the NAPIER Lion engine. § 1 ' ! | RECORDS | | 1927 Sir Malcolm Campbell - - 174 m.p.h. | B Land Speed Record • ( | Fl.-Lt. Webster - - - 281 m.p.h. | H Schneider Trophy Winner §f | 1928 Sir Malcolm Campbell - - 206 m.p.h. | H Land Speed Record m | 1929 Sir Henry Segrave - - - 231 m.p.h. 1 B Land Speed Record g | Fl.-Lt. Stainforth - - - 336 m.p.h. | B Air Speed Record . | 1931 Sir Malcolm Campbell -^ - 246 m.p.h. § a Land Speed Record ' • Bj | 1932 Sir Malcolm Campbell - - 253 m.p.h. I J Land Speed Record g | 1934 H. Scott-Paine - - - 110 m.p.h. ~ | ' s Salt Water Speed Record jj | 1938 John Cobb - - - - 350 m.p.h. | §j Land Speed Record B | 1939 John Cobb 369 m.p.h. | J Land Speed Record §§ | ^ 1947 John Cobb - 394 m.p.h. I g Land Speed Record jjj | The engineering qualities which made these records | | possible remain to-day in the latest designs of NAPIER | p| aero engines. | D. NAPIER & SON LIMITED- LONDON -W.3
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