The mass of complicated and delicate, yet immensely powerful, machinery which drives Miss America VII., defender of the world’s speed-boat record, at Miami, Florida, against Major H. O. D, Segrave’s challenge in Miss England, which is to be decided to-day. The two 12-cyclinder V-type Packard engines turn at 2,300 revolutions a minute, and the propeller at 3,450. “Gar” Wood, pilot, owner, designer, and builder of Miss America VII., is the figure on the right.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 624, 28 March 1929, Page 6
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74The mass of complicated and delicate, yet immensely powerful, machinery which drives Miss America VII., defender of the world’s speed-boat record, at Miami, Florida, against Major H. O. D, Segrave’s challenge in Miss England, which is to be decided to-day. The two 12-cyclinder V-type Packard engines turn at 2,300 revolutions a minute, and the propeller at 3,450. “Gar” Wood, pilot, owner, designer, and builder of Miss America VII., is the figure on the right. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 624, 28 March 1929, Page 6
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