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        Now this is what innovation is all about!!!! While they don't have the record yet, this one bares watching.  The coefficient of friction on ice is much smaller than what needs to be dealt with on land. A.C.

Sonic Wind Land Speed Racing
A rocket powered vehicle designed and constructed to exceed the speed of sound on ice.
Sonic Wind  Rocketing into the future of land speed racing! On ice!

  Sonic Wind is a rocket powered vehicle designed and constructed to exceed the speed of sound on ice. Its initial
goal is to set a new Land Speed Record on ice over the current 247 mph record. With a body that was originally
designed for speeds in excess of Mach 2 and a rocket engine from a record setting supersonic test plane, the X-1, Sonic Wind has a speed potential far in excess of its first 247 mph goal. If early testing goes well and Sonic Wind sets a new ice record, the plan is to push Sonic Wind to higher speeds. If it handles well at 300 mph, it will be
pushed up to 400 mph and then on to 500 mph and then upward to its design speed of 900 mph and possibly even to 1000 mph!

STEEL WHEEL ON STEEL TRACK-ELEC. TRAIN SPEED RECORD

Internal combustion:
  Miles.    Kilometer.      Date.            Type            Comments.
143mph.   230kmh.     6/21/1931.    Petrol railcar.       Schienen Zeppelin.
235mph.   378kmh.     4/12/1967.    Jet aero engine.     L'Aerotrain.
143mph.   232kmh.     12/6/1973.    Diesel traction.     BR. HST.

Steam:
     Miles.   Kilometer.     Date.       Type.      Comments.
126mph.   202.8kmh.   3/7/1938.   Steam.     LNER Mallard.

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