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In 1910 Barney Oldfield, crowned Speed King of the World, drove the "Lightening Benz" at 133.724 mph in a measured mile and described the acceleration as the sensation of riding a rocket through space. The world’s first twin engine airplane flight, though brief, also occurred on the beach.
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