Railton Special Land Speed Record car Brooklands Surrey John Cobb is pictured in the car with its designer Reid Railton standing alongside holding the cockpit canopy Cobb set Land Speed Records in this car at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah USA In when he set the record at mph on one of the required two runs he exceeded mph the first man to break this barrier He was killed in when attempting to break the water speed record his boat disintegrated at high speed on Loch Ness
