188, 189

parachutes 81, 247

Parc Saint-Cloud, Paris 16

Paris 16, 18, 82

Paris-Rouen race 17

Pearce, Dr Rhona 54, 56

Pedaliante aircraft 83–4

Pendine Sands 45, 64–70, 64, 68–71

Pendleton, Victoria 54

penny farthings 16

Peugeot, Robert 82, 84

Piggott, Derek 86, 115

pistes, skiing 215

Pitztal Glacier 211

planing surface, hydroplaning 142,

150–2, 152–3, 157–8, 168, 175, 176–83,

176–83, 186, 186

porpoising 184, 197

Porsche Carrera 172

Poulain, Gabriel 81–2, 82

power, muscles 100–2, 103

powerboat racing 168–71, 169–70, 172–5,

173

propellers: aircraft 94, 104–5, 110, 111,

113, 117, 121

cavitation effect 160–1

hydroplaning 143

ships 158, 161

Puchacz gliders 90

Q

quintuplet cycles 16, 17

R

Racelogic 66

railways, motor pacing 19–20, 20

Raleigh Chopper 13

Raleigh Mustang 13

Rattery, Devon 176–8

records see speed records

Reynolds 48

Roche, James 234

Rochelt, Gunter 86

Rochelt, Holger 77, 86, 129

Rompelberg, Fred 22, 22

Rourke, Brian 46–7

Rourke, Jason 47, 48, 51

Rourke Cycles 46–9, 48–9, 60

Rover cars 38

Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) 84–7,

114, 124

Royal Air Force (RAF) 84, 88, 100, 115

rudder, aircraft 106, 121

runners, sleds 214–15

S

St Moritz 208–9, 211, 218, 223

St Moritz Tobogganing Club (SMTC)

218, 220, 222, 226

sand tyres 154, 155–6, 156, 158, 192

Schneider Trophy 100

science: cavitation effect 160–1, 160–1

flying and gliding 94–9, 96–9

hydroplaning 146–7, 148–9

ice and snow 212–15, 216–17

slipstreaming 24–7

Scottish Cycle Museum, Drumlanrig

Castle 16

scuba diving 168–71

Sealander Marine International 150, 175

seaplanes 100, 116

Second World War 84, 128, 142

Sheffield Hallam University 212, 215,

230, 234, 238, 246–7

Shuttlecock Club 226

skeleton bobs 212, 219–20, 234–5

skiing 209, 230–3

falling onto snow 214

on glaciers 247

history 210–11

science of 212–15, 216–17

streamlining 215

skis, on sleds 215, 231–3

sleds 203–47

brakes 230, 233

building 230–3, 230–2, 244–7, 244–9

Cresta Run 205, 207, 209–10, 211,

Moon 97

Moore, James 16, 17

Morgan, David 172

Moseley, Sarah 54, 54, 55, 56

motion, laws of 27, 95, 146, 147

motor pacing, bicycles 14, 16–22, 18, 21
motor racing, slipstreaming 28–9
motorbikes 7

hydroplaning 136–201

motor pacing 17–19, 18, 21

see also Suzuki

Mummins, Richard 176–8, 183, 189

Murphy, Charles Minthorn (Mile-a-

Minute) 19–20, 20, 21, 44

muscles: bird’s wings 118

energy production 54–5, 100–2, 103

tension 225

Musculair I 86

Musculair II 77, 86, 87, 87, 129

N

NASCAR series 28–9

National Glider Aerobatic

Championship 88

New South Wales 210

Newton, Sir Isaac 26–7, 38, 95, 146, 147,

167

Nicholas, Adrian 81

Nihon University, Tokyo 85

nitric oxide 102

O

Olympic Games 16, 58

ornithopters 81

Osprey Powerboat Rescue 141, 171, 186,

189, 190–1, 192, 196, 197

oxygen: aerobic and anaerobic energy

54–5

breathlessness 224–5

muscles and 102

P

pacing see motor pacing

paddle steamers 155–6

Pant Yr Onnen campsite, Lake Bala

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