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Twenty-nine 4-6-2+2-6-4 Garratts, constructed between 1936 and 1941 by Société Franco-Belge in Northern France, operated until the Algerian independence war caused their withdrawal in 1951. This class, designated 231-132BT, was streamlined and featured Cossart motion gear, mechanical stokers and 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) driving wheels, the largest ...
Data from Air Trails Summer 1971 General characteristics Crew: One pilot Length: 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) Wingspan: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m) Height: 4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) Empty weight: 565 lb (256 kg) Gross weight: 800 lb (362 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85, 85 hp (64 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 240 mph (386 km/h, 210 kn) Rate of climb: 3,000 ft/min (15.2 m/s) References Wikimedia Commons has ...
The Jiotto Caspita is a prototype mid-engine sports car designed and manufactured by Dome in 1989. The car was billed as the "F1 on the Road."The original design of the car was done by Kunihisa Ito, who was the vice president and chief designer of Jiotto Design Incorporated. [1]
The Gregor FDB-1 was a Canadian biplane fighter, designed in 1938 by Michael Gregor and manufactured by Canadian Car and Foundry.Despite having some advanced design features such as flush rivetted all-metal construction and a retractable undercarriage, the final generation of biplane fighters was being supplanted by monoplanes and the Gregor FDB-1 was obsolete before it flew.
The DeltaWing is a racing car designed by British race car designer and engineer Ben Bowlby and debuted at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.The entry was run under the Project 56 name, composed of Ben Bowlby (design), Dan Gurney's All American Racers (constructor), Duncan Dayton's Highcroft Racing (racing team) and International Motor Sports Association owner Don Panoz (managing partner).
During safety evaluations in the wake of the fatal crash of Scott Kalitta on June 21, 2008, in Englishtown, N.J., the NHRA reduced the distance of Top Fuel and Funny Car races to 1,000 feet (304 meters) effective July 2, 2008, as later did the National Drag Racing Championship in Australia. Pro Stock and sportsman classes still race to 1⁄4 ...
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The vehicle is equipped with a Toyota engine which has also more displacement than the Alfa Romeo and Renault Sport engines used in the Tatuus F3 T-318 and Tatuus FR-19 race cars. [ 4 ] After the cancellation of the 2022 Toyota Racing Series , the cars were loaned to the W Series for the races in Barcelona and Singapore in order to reduce the ...