As a long-term Firestone employee, you might like this ad from 1943.
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I wonder how much designing tires able to handle heavy aircraft landing at >100 mph helped in car tire development.
I don’t have a clue, Capri might know though, if any…
I did however had a plane maintenance company (when I worked at the closest airport shop) had a guy that paid the shop to properly dispose of airplane tires, they handled 2 sizes (don’t ask) of tires, the small one maybe 12-18" tall (20 years ago) had a max of 300 mph on it, and the much bigger one, close to waist high, had a 600 mph max speed on it, both sizes were very heavy for their size… Now I wish I would have weighed them… VERY thick rubber everywhere…