Index
Page numbers in italic refer
to the illustrations
A
acceleration, flying
95,
98–9
resistance see drag
Lightning jet fighters
39
airflow, slipstreaming
27
Arthur (skeleton bob)
234–
5
aviettes (winged bikes)
82,
83
B
250 SPEED
Bell, Alexander Graham
143–
4
building a record breaker
46–
9,
Blackroc skeleton bob
212,
234
blood supply, muscles
54,
102
Bois de Boulogne, Paris
82
Bordeaux to Paris race
19
Bras d’Or Lake, Nova Scotia
144
breathing equipment
168–
71
British Pacing Association
66
British Touring Car Championship
38
‘bump drafting’, slipstreaming
29
Burntwood, Staffordshire
168
C
carbon dioxide, breathing
54