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26/06/2026 3:01 pm
It is an appropriate name for this J47 jet-powered land speed record car that is now displayed at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. This is the brochure I got at the Museum many years ago when I viewed it. If you are hungry to pick up a quick snack, this "tricycle" is your car !
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26/06/2026 7:46 pm
It must have been a heck of a ride and what a way to set a world record for Craig. On Lake Conniston waters in GB also in the 1960's, Donald Campell was killed when his speedboat jet-powered hydroplane went airborne and crashed while well above a world-record speed. His dad, of course, drove the giant and powerful Bluebird LSR automobile. Replicas have been done of this mighty car.
26/06/2026 10:58 pm
Eating your snack while driving this gives a new meaning to “fast food”. Thanks for info.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
27/06/2026 4:16 am
Quite the tricycle at 38 feet plus and tipping the scales at 7,800 pounds.
Love the Story...Michael, thanks for sharing.
John Bono
North Jersey
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