Pretty cool....
I haven't meet Craig Breedlove but I hung out with Andy Green (Thrust 1st
vehicle to go Mach on the ground) at Bville last year as he was trying to
get the MG ready.... or should I say a crew with White jackets were
Preparing the car.... (never did make a Pass) This MG was set up to run
300mph as I recall.... and Andy was lots of fun... He and I are both Pilots
and had a blast talking about some of the exchange Pilots I had flown with.
You talk about wild now those folks are Pure O D crazy.... strap your
nappy butt to a Jet engine and away you go..... Nahhh I ain't the sharpest
Pencil in the box but I am not that ignorant.
Keith Turk
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> From: Charles D. Sorkin <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Another Bonneville Flats item
> Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 4:59 AM
>
> Dear List:
>
> Since the land speed items have been cropping up on the list, I thought
this
> might be interesting to folks. I saw this item on a "This Day in
History"
> feature.
>
> <<< October 15, 1964 The Longest Skid Marks on Record
>
> While trying to set a new one-mile land speed record, Craig Breedlove
> inadvertently set another kind of record after he lost control of the
Spirit
> of America jet-powered car on the Bonneville Salt Flats testing area in
> Utah. The vehicle began a skid moments into the run, taking nearly six
miles
> to decelerate from an initial speed of well over 400 mph. When the dust
> cleared, Breedlove emerged shaken from the vehicle as the not-so-proud
> record-holder for the longest skid marks ever recorded. Nevertheless,
> Breedlove, who already held the land-speed record, did manage to break
the
> 500 mph speed barrier that year, just as he had broken the 400 mph
barrier
> the year before, and just as he would surpass 600 mph in the year
following.
> >>>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles
> '74 Midget
> cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
> Bloomfield, NJ
>
>
>
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