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Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: wayne petty on February 03, 2009, 10:20:17 PM

Title: The-Bonneville-jet wars
Post by: wayne petty on February 03, 2009, 10:20:17 PM
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/The-Bonneville-Jet-Wars.html
Title: The-Bonneville-jet wars
Post by: Harry on February 04, 2009, 10:27:24 PM
When Breedlove brought his Spirit of America to Bonneville, there was a problem with classification. Because it only had three wheels, it was going to classified as a motorcycle. Cars have four wheels.
I was in Breedlove's shop when they were building the second car. The framework was a piece of art.
I think it will be quite a while before anyone breaks the Limey's record.
Title: The-Bonneville-jet wars
Post by: Crosley.In.AZ on February 04, 2009, 11:06:27 PM
it was interesting time in land speed racing.

I believe Art Arfons died about 1.5 years ago?  Not sure about Walt.

there has been some interesting discussion over at landracing.com  about the latest ultra high speed cars