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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was the first American to achieve this feat in a single Olympiad, specializing in the long jump and sprints. Owens' athletic career began in high school, where he set records and won events at national championships. In 1933, he tied the world record in the 100-yard dash and set a new record in the 220-yard dash.

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making my novac room as in character as possible... with touys and three water bottles by the bed...

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Setting the largest pole margin for the season so far?! 🔥 🔥 🔥

Go off lando, go off!!

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North American X-15A-2 with full-scale ablative and external tanks installed, 1967 ➤VIDEO: https://youtu.be/W5dmLcttuWw ➤EXTREME AIRCRAFT VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/Extreme ➤X-PLANES PART 2: https://youtu.be/FiN7NFsh2oA ➤HD IMAGES: https://dronescapes.video/X15A2

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On September 29th 1952 tragedy struck when John Cobb made an attempt at the world water-speed record on Loch Ness which ended in tragedy as the boat crashed and Cobb was killed.

Mystery surrounds the reason a ripple of water appeared as it should have been a calm water, no other craft were on the loch that day, this of course has caused the finger of blame to be pointed at Nessie.

Crusader, the "boat" used in the record attempt has lain at the bottom of Loch Ness for 67 years and it was only recently located when state-of-the-art sonar technology helped pinpoint the wreckage of the jet-propelled craft 200m under the water.

There are no plans to raise Crusader, Historic Environment Scotland were notified of its position and it is now under their protection.

Cobb, a fur broker from London, held the land-speed record of 394mph, set on the Utah salt flats, and wanted to become the fastest human on water. He won over many local people when making his preparations by not practising for the attempt on a Sunday.

On the day of the crash he had already beaten the record with a speed of 206 mph, the record was 174 mph, it was on the return down the loch that he hit a wave, the Crusader fell apart and Cobb, probably already dead from the impact, was thrown from the open cockpit and discovered a short while later.

A memorial cairn to John Cobb can be found on the A82 south of Urquhart Castle was erected a year later

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