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CHASING SPEED AND A DREAM

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CRUSADER: JOHN COBB’S ILL-FATED QUEST FOR SPEED ON WATER

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For man and machine, there is perhaps no truer test of finding the limits than going for an outright speed record. Whether it be on land or water, the pursuit of pushing an average speed higher and higher was arguably at its peak during the early to mid-part of the 20th century.

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