Don't forget to mention that Noble cheaped out and used 25 year-old
parachutes.
Also, I was in the microlight for Andy's spectacular double chute
failure at 714 mph. We landed within minutes of the car stopping, the
third to reach him and there was NO evidence of the risers being
burned off, it was simply a case of age.
I have some great photos of the entire run, my favorite being the ones
with the town of Gerlach a mere mile in the distance. We kidded Andy
unmercifully that if he wanted a beer that bad he could simply have
asked, not to mention that he shouldn't drink and drive.
Speedy Regards,
"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
LandSpeed Productions
Telling stories with words and pictures
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Pittwood" <MPittwood@compuserve.com>
To: "LSR List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 4:26 PM
Subject: Parachutes
> Just a reminder to those concerned about LSR car weights and
stopping from
> high speed at Bonneville.
> The fastest car (not an automobile) in the World weighed in at over
10 tons
> and from over Mach 1 (760 mph) was brought to a stop by parachutes.
So the
> strops were almost as thick as a mans wrist and they had some double
chute
> failures when the flames got at them, but most times they worked
well. The
> worst over runs were apparently 1.5 miles. (Andy Green did have the
back
> up of some substantial brakes).
> Having seen the work of safety nets on films of NHRA drag racing
events
> (shredding the vehicle bodies) I am glad we did not have to have
such a net
> in place for the rocket bike when we ran two ways at Bonneville in
1999.
> Malcolm Pittwood.
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