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Although the parachute is one of the earliest of aerial inventions it is only in comparatively recent years that it has been considered seriously and used as a necessary adjunct…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters Another one lost.—This 1899 Daimler Phoenix racing car has been bought by Daimler-Benz A.G. for their Stuttgart Museum. Only surviving example of five, its…

And Other Technical Items Probably no point in the routine attention to a car is more irksome to the average motorist than that of brake adjustment and consequently the S.B.R.…

The Editor invites Club Secretaries to send details of their fixtures, sporting and social, for publication in these columns. These items should be sent to reach this office not later…

Don't be deluded by Fiat's current caged car advertisement for the Supermiraflori into thinking that this new twin-overhead-camshaft version of the 131 is a powerful wild beast trying to escape; there were…

The Vanguard Road Test. Sir, I have just obtained my first copy of Motor Sport and have placed a regular order. Is it possible to obtain a complete set of…

For Sports-Car Owners With the idea of catering particularly for the needs of those who run " vintage " sports-cars, such as 3-litre Bentleys, 30/98 Vauxhalls, 12/50 Alvis, old Bugattis,…

Muddled and confused is the only way to describe the Formula One scene at the moment if you try to follow the reasoning and thinking of all parties with vested…

Simplicity itself The aircraft industry had a bad time immediately after the Armistice of 1918, orders for military aeroplanes having been cut drastically but civilian air services having scarcely begun.…

Sir, I have been a fan of Masten Gregory since my first meeting, the Daily Express Trophy at Silverstone in May 1958, when he won the unlimited sportscar race and…

A great many readers keep their old copies of Motor Sport, many having them bound year by year, not only for re-reading during dull moments, but as books of reference.…

THE WORLD'S ONE-HOUR RECORD A HISTORY M.P.H. Drivers , ( %n. 1(.l. c.c. Date Distance Place Tn. y. 70.07 S. F. Edge .. Napier .. .. .. 6 7,724 29/6/07…