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Charles D Rolls, driving a Mors car on a private estate in Nottinghamshire, England, ran a record flying kilometre at 84.84mph

Saturday 7th March 1903

Charles D Rolls, driving a Mors car on a private estate in Nottinghamshire, England, ran a record flying kilometre at 84.84mph. He himself disallowed the record, noting as an objection the favourable tailwind and gradual slope of the course.

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