A more careful examination of the timing of Hughes during the speed-test run: Odie says "347" (miles per hour) then "352". The first run shows the stopwatch at as near to 18.5 seconds as is possible to determine and the second run clearly shows the stopwatch (a more distant view of the watch face) at 18.3 seconds which is more in agreement with the times Odie announced. Since 1905, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, FAI, has been the recognized arbiter of all speed records. For a recognized record, their rules require 2 runs at a sanctioned event viewed by their officials, with the speed for the record being the average of the best of two runs.
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05/03/2025 alle ore 07:22