1956 Cadet Sweets : Record Holders of the World
The Record Holders of the World card series was distributed in 1956 by C.S. Sweets Ltd. of Slough, England. One card was included with each box
of Record Holders of the World Sweet Cigarettes from Cadet Sweets. The 50-card collection
showcases contemporary world records in sports, engineering, and
transportation.
The card series includes the U.S. Navy Viking #11 sounding rocket. The Martin
RTV-N-12a rocket was launched from White Sands LC33 into sub-orbital
space on May 24, 1954. The rocket reached an apogee of 158 miles (254 km) ,
setting a new single-stage altitude record. The experiment package measured nose cone heat during reentry and returned high-altitude photographs of the Earth.
The card image is based on an official U.S. Navy photograph. The Viking #11 launch photo appears in the Jet Planes series from the Exhibit Supply Co., Missiles and Satellites from Parkhurst, Missile and Jet Plane Trading Cards from Nesbitt's, Aircraft & Missile Trading Cards from Sicle, and Histoire de L'Aviation from Mills cigarettes.
The card image is based on an official U.S. Navy photograph. The Viking #11 launch photo appears in the Jet Planes series from the Exhibit Supply Co., Missiles and Satellites from Parkhurst, Missile and Jet Plane Trading Cards from Nesbitt's, Aircraft & Missile Trading Cards from Sicle, and Histoire de L'Aviation from Mills cigarettes.
| Checklist | |
| 1 | F100 Super Sabre |
| 2 | Juan Fangio |
| 3 | Explorer II |
| 4 | Billy Wright |
| 5 | R.M.S. 'Queen Elizabeth' |
| 6 | Bluebird |
| 7 | Roger Bannister (Athletics) |
| 8 | Northrop Rocket Sledge |
| 9 | Major Charles Yeager |
| 10 | Bell X1-A |
| 11 | Austin-Healey Streamliner |
| 12 | Big Boy (Railway Engine) |
| 13 | Twin Cities Zephyr |
| 14 | S.S. 'United States' |
| 15 | Reg Harris (Cycling) |
| 16 | Hughes Hercules |
| 17 | Sir Gordon Richards (Horse Racing) |
| 18 | 120 M.P.H. Model |
| 19 | Emil Zatopek (Athletics) |
| 20 | J. Allen's Triumph |
| 21 | Martin Viking |
| 22 | Denis Compton (Cricket) |
| 23 | CC 7107 (Railway Engine) |
| 24 | Hughes H-17 |
| 25 | "Mike" |
| 26 | The Smallest Railway |
| 27 | John Landy |
| 28 | Marjorie Jackson (Athletics) |
| 29 | L.N.E.R. 4-6-2 Mallard |
| 30 | The Elizabethan |
| 31 | Mercedes Model 300 SLR |
| 32 | English Electric Deltic |
| 33 | English Electric Canberra |
| 34 | Lockheed Neptune |
| 35 | Golden Gate Bridge |
| 36 | Empire State Building |
| 37 | Mount Rushmore Memorial |
| 38 | Arsenal Air 100 (Glider) |
| 39 | Sikorsky XH-39 |
| 40 | Sydney Harbour Bridge |
| 41 | Marion 5561 |
| 42 | Euclid LLD |
| 43 | Geoffrey Duke (Cycling) |
| 44 | Paul Anderson (Weightlifting) |
| 45 | Hjalmar Anderson (Speed Skating) |
| 46 | Fairey Delta 2 |
| 47 | M.G. Special |
| 48 | Railton Special |
| 49 | S.T. Sptros Niarchos (Oil Tanker) |
| 50 | U.S.S.'Forrestal' |