A new HBO documentary will follow the story of Jessi Combs' fatal attempt to break the land speed record for a woman.
for fastest speed on land achieved by a woman, with an official speed of 522.783 mph. The previous record of 512.7 mph set by Kitty O'Neil had stood for more than 40 years.A trailer for the documentary shows Combs asking O'Neil for her blessing to break the record and making the attempt in her North American Eagle Supersonic Speed Challenger, which was built from the fuselage of a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter jet fighter.
Combs spent seven years attempting to break the record. She topped 398 mph in the North American Eagle in 2023, working up to 483 mph in a 2018 run. She broke the record at Oregon's Alvord Desert, achieving a two-way average of 513.889 mph .pointed to front-wheel failure as the cause, likely due to the wheel striking an object on the ground.beyond land-speed racing.
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