Unable to stop for more than a mile, his car slammed into telephone poles before landing in a salt pond. 15, 1965.ĭuring one of Breedlove’s record-breaking runs, he lost his brakes and his parachutes. The record changed hands eight times in the next two-plus years, culminating with Breedlove’s final mark set on Nov. In Spirit of America, Breedlove clocked 407 mph at Bonneville to set a new land-speed record on Aug.
His early designs included a missile-shaped vehicle with three wheels, a jet engine and a rear fin it was more fighter plane than passenger car. He also worked at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica as a technician in structural engineering, a background that helped fuel his work with jet-powered cars.
Born March 23, 1937, Breedlove was a firefighter whose childhood love of cars inspired him to race.
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