Oct 6, 2024
Artist: John Cobb
Book: "Alien Hunger" (1991)
Gameline: "Vampire: The Masquerade"
Publisher: White Wolf
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Artist: John Cobb
Book: "Alien Hunger" (1991)
Gameline: "Vampire: The Masquerade"
Publisher: White Wolf
John Cobb's 1946er LSR-Car Railton Mobil Special
cred: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railton_Special
John Cobb on a 24000cc Napier Railton set the lap record at 143,4 mph. Brooklands 1935. - Source Moto Vitelloni - Wheels n' wings
Captain Eyston's Thunderbolt Land Speed Record Car, 1938 "The leading Land Speed Record cars of the period had taken two approaches to obtaining power; using either the latest and most sophisticated aero-engines available or combining multiple engines. Thunderbolt used both techniques to produce an unprecedentedly powerful car. In its day, terms like "leviathan" and "behemoth" were commonly used to describe the 7-ton car, over twice the weight of its competitors".
"Between 1937 and 1939, the competition for the Land Speed Record was between two Englishmen: Captain Eyston and John Cobb. Thunderbolt's first record was set at 312.00 mph (502.12 km/h) on 19 November 1937 on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Within a year Thunderbolt returned with improved aerodynamics and raised its record to 345.50 mph (556.03 km/h) on 27 August 1938. This record only stood for a matter of weeks before John Cobb's Reid-Railton broke the 350 mph (560 km/h) barrier and raised it to 353.30 mph (568.58 km/h) on 15 September 1938, as Eyston watched. This inspired him to take Thunderbolt to a new record of 357.50 mph (575.34 km/h). Cobb had held the record for less than 24 hours.
Eyston and Thunderbolt held the record for almost a year, until Cobb took it again at a speed of 369.70 mph (594.97 km/h) on 23 August 1939. This was the last record attempt before the outbreak of the Second World War. Although Cobb returned after the war and further developed his car to exceed 400 mph (640 km/h), Thunderbolt never attempted the record again".
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(car) Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvqoq9GUAzM John Cobb and E.T. Eyston Racing at the Salt Flats- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp_LGPxblnM
Grand Prix Update
Following the post three days ago, the Formula 1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix took place at Silverstone, UK yesterday. Softer tyres were indeed a major factor. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen looked after his softer tyres much better than Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, hence he was able to overtake and record his first win of the 2020 season.
It was very disappointing to hear on BBC Radio 4′s sports news headline that British driver Lewis Hamilton had come second. They should have emphasised Max Verstappen’s excellent winning performance. I am uncomfortable with the chauvinism of British sport reporting generally.
Finally here’s a shortish video of the first Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1950. A lot has changed!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/formula1/52641917
(10/08/2020)
. . . the task of theology is to unveil and make manifest the universal presence and reality of Christ.
Thomas J. J. Altizer, in a letter to John Cobb
John Cobb - Crusader
Unknown photographer / Keystone
John Cobb's New 350 Miles per Hour Car 1938