British Pilot Sets World Speed Record at 606 MPH in Jet Aircraft, December 1945
Captain H.J. Wilson shattered aviation barriers by achieving 606 mph in a British Gloster Meteor jet. The record, officially verified through four separate runs, surpassed Eric Greenwood's 603 mph mark set the same day.
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