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The Flying Cloud was the first car to use Lockheed's new hydraulic internal expanding brake system and featured styling by Fabio Segardi. While Ned Jordan is credited with changing the way advertising was written with his "Somewhere West of Laramie" ads for his Jordan Playboy , Reo's Flying Cloud—a name that provoked evocative images of speed ...
The ship set a record for the New York-to-San Francisco run around Cape Horn in 1851 (despite losing a portion of a mast en route), and improved on its own mark in 1853, setting a record for ships under sail that lasted for over 100 years. The Flying Cloud, like many of the line's ships, had individual ownership. Moses H. Grinnell and Robert ...
1851 Flying Cloud, extreme clipper, 1782 tons OM; 1851 Staffordshire, extreme clipper, 1817 tons OM. She was launched at East Boston, Massachusetts, for Enoch Train & Co. She wrecked off Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, in 1853. 1851 North America, extreme clipper, 1464 tons OM Sovereign of the Seas (1852) 1851 Flying Fish, extreme clipper, 1505 tons ...
Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world's sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours. The ship held this record for over 130 years, from 1854 to 1989.
Flying Cloud may refer to: Flying Cloud, an 1851 clipper built by Donald McKay; Flying Cloud, a 1932 log canoe built by John B. Harrison; Flying Cloud Airport, an airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota; REO Flying Cloud, a car produced by the REO Motor Car Company; SS Flying Cloud, either of two type C2 ships built for the United States Maritime ...
Badge from a REO Speed Wagon Fire Truck A REO Speed Wagon, from a 1917 advertisement A REO Speed Wagon Fire Truck at Jack Daniel's Distillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee 1929 REO Speedwagon EX REO at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum. 6 cylinder Flathead "Gold Comet", 4-speed transmission, Top speed of 35 MPH REO Speed Wagon Truck 1939 1948, 2 1/2 ton REO Speed Wagon truck used to haul grain on the Camas ...
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Hornet had a two-day head start on Flying Cloud in their famous 1853 race. She left New York City for San Francisco , California on April 26, 1853, with Flying Cloud departing two days later. After the roughly 15,000- nautical mile (27,780-km) voyage around Cape Horn , both ships arrived in San Francisco harbor 106 days later at almost the same ...