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The Quest for Speed
  Introduction
Chapter 01 Speed Over Land
  ? On Foot or by Wheel
  – Early roads
  – Stagecoaches
  – Tools of the trade
  ? Steam Power—Britain and America on the Move
  – Railway travel in England
  – Isambard Kingdom Brunel
  – American railroads
  – Gathering steam
  ? Twenty-First-Century Railways
  – The Channel Tunnel
  – High-speed trains
  ? The Internal Combustion Engine
  – The horseless carriage
  – Racing improves the breed
  Brooklands
  Indianapolis
  Le Mans
  Grand Prix races
  ? Two Wheels
  – Bicycles
  – Motorbikes
  – Motorcycle racing
Chapter 02 Speed Over Water
  ? From Dug-Out to Sail
  – Improvements in navigation
  ? When Sail was King: The Clippers
  ? When Sail was King: The Fighting Ships
  ? The First Steamers
  ? The Atlantic Crossing
  – The slave trade
  – Cutting the journey time
  – Rowing across
  ? The Australia Route
  ? Round the World Sailing Races
  – The great sailing races
  ? High Speed on the Water—Power Boats
  ? Ground Effect Vehicles
Chapter 03 Speed Through the Air: The Early Days
  ? Man’s Desire to Fly
  ? Balloons
  ? Dirigibles and Airships
  ? Powered Flight
  – Aeroplanes
  – The Schneider Trophy races
  ? Crossing the Channel by Air
  ? The First Passenger-Carrying Flights: 1918–1952
  ? Opening up the World—the Birth of Long-Haul Flights: 1918–1949
  ? Flying Eastwards: 1918–1939
  ? Trail Blazers and Record Breakers: 1925–1937
  – Success for Alan Cobham
  – “Amy, Wonderful Amy”
  – Alex Henshaw
  – Charles Lindbergh
  – Amelia Earhart
  ? The Challenge of the Pacific: 1932–1939
  ? West to East by Imperial Airways: 1931–1939
Chapter 04 Speed Through the Air: The Age of the Jet
  ? Designing the Jet
  ? The Jet Fighters
  ? Breaking the Sound Barrier
  ? The First Commercial Jet Services
  ? Concorde
  ? Air Speed Records
  ? Measuring Speed
  ? Variations on the Theme of Flight
  – Rotating wing machines
  – Flying cars 187 iv
Chapter 05 The Future
  ? Rockets
  – The scramjet
  ? Space Travel
  – Moon landings
  – Visiting Mars
  – The Space Shuttle
  – Commercial space travel
  ? The Future of Travel: Faster, Further, Smarter?
  ? Or WiIl It Be Greener?
Appendices
  ? Places
  ? People
Exercises