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Speed of Nearly 10/2 Miles Minute Hit by U. S. Jet Craft
U S Army P 80 R jet set a new U S speed record at 623.8 mph over a 21 86 mile course near Muroc California Col Albert Boyd of Ashe ville NC piloted four runs with upwind speeds at 617.1 and 614 7 mph The mark awaits Federation Aeronautique International certification and surpasses British Gloster Meteor achievements each day the speed record rises with record keeping by Wright Field observers.
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