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Re: Captain J. S. Irving

To: Ralph Forsythe <rf-list@centerone.com>, land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Captain J. S. Irving
From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 14:16:35 -0500
I have a stash available.....I could get Joyce to scan it and email it to you. 
Skip



At 12:25 PM 4/20/03 -0600, Ralph Forsythe wrote:
>>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 10:54:16 -0500
>>From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
>>Subject: Captain J. S. Irving
>>
>>List,
>>I was reading, in the "Radial Times", October, 1934, an article by Captain
>>J.S.Irving of the U.K. who apparently designed the car ("The Golden Arrow")
>>that Seagrave drove to a land speed record in 1929 at 231.44. In the
>>article Irving discusses his design for a 350 MPH car and specifies design
>>criteria including frontal area, downforce and "side area that places the
>>Cp aft of the Cg". It is a good article and food for thought.
>
>Where did you find the article?  Do you have a stash of 69-year-old 
>literature in your basement, or was it somewhere we could access it as 
>well?  I'd like to read it if I can somehow get my hands on it...
>
>Sometimes the best new ideas come from old ones. :)
>
>- Ralph

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