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GENERAL ELECTRIC 
WORLD RECORD RUN

Sponsored by
Aircraft Gas Turbine
Division of
The General Electric Co.

The General Electric Company (Aircraft Gas Turbine Division) is sponsoring a 15-25 kilometer run in an attempt to set a new world's record at this distance in jet planes.

The United States Air Force will make the run, using a North American F 86 D Sabre jet, powered by a G-E J 47-17 jet engine.

The present world record is 675.47 m. p. h. established by Miss Jacqueline Cochran at Edwards, California, on June 3rd, 1953, in a Canadair-Built F 86 E Swept Wing monoplane, powered by an Orenda jet engine.

The National Aeronautic Association will authenticate the results in this record attempt and if a new speed mark is set, final recognition, as in other events, will be given by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Paris.

The pilot, Capt. Harold E. Collins, USAF, will make two passes on the straight-away course, one each way.

Captain Collins from Air Research and Development Command experimental test pilot, is assigned to the Fighter Operations Section, Directorate of Flight and All-Weather Testing, Wright Air Development Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

Captain Collins resides at 29 South Wright Avenue, Fairborn, Ohio. He is married to the former Dorothy Joffrion of Port Arthur, Texas, and the son of Mrs. Pauline Collins, 3501 Thomas Boulevard, Port Arthur. A native of that Texas city, Captain Collins graduated from St. James High School and studied engineering at Lamar Union College, Beaumont, Texas. He was born November 10, 1924.

Captain Collins entered military service on February 26, 1943 and was commissioned September 8, 1944. He is rated as a senior pilot. He served in World War II and in the Korean campaign. In Worldwar II, Captain Collins served in the European Theater as a fighter pilot. His decorations include the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters as well as the various campaign ribbons.

He reported to Wright Air Development Center in 1948.