Jet Race Game

1960 · United States · Built-Rite

Theme: Cold War Air

About this game

The box features the F-106A Delta Dart interceptor flown by Major Joseph W. Rogers on Dec. 15, 1959, when he won one of the last of the Thomson air trophy races with a world record speed of 1,526 miles per hour (2,456 km/hr), the first plane to surpass the 1,500 mph mark. The painting on the box is by famed American artist Charles H. Hubbell. The board has a 30-space track looping around a map of the United States. Pieces and 1-6 spinner are thick glossy cardboard.

Mechanism

Roll and Move

Rules

Each player gets 4 planes. First to reach the end of the track with all four planes wins.

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