The Hughes H1, the last privately built air speed record holder, 1935. All since have been military

It set a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States.

The H-1 Racer was the last aircraft built by a private individual to set the world speed record; every aircraft to hold the honor since has been a military design. The H-1 first flew in 1935 and promptly broke the world landplane speed record with Hughes at the controls, clocking 352 mph (566 km/h) averaged over four timed passes.

Found on http://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2013/07/get-load-of-this.html

the Gyronaut X-1

that is one cool display stand!

The record AMC broke, that you never heard of

The formation of the American Motors Corporation was the result of the 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company, which at the time was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history.

The merger yielded a net worth of over $150 million, back when being a millionaire meant something.

http://www.carcrushing.com/10-things-didnt-know-amc/