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Hawkeye
Not a 21st century car -Today in 1965. It was a very good year for Craig Breedlove. He strapped on a seat attached to a Navy turbo jet engine and "pushed the red button".
The Spirit of America. For a concept of the stones that guy had - in 1964 he pushed the car over 500 mph (about 740 fps) and the brake chute snapped off. Breedlove violently rolled on for FIVE MILES, finally vectored off the track, through a group of telephone poles, and speared into a lake on the salt flats. He escaped himself, punched his way through the rooftop hatch and securing a new record: 526.28 mph!
The team deduced the steering was nearly useless a half-mile after the chute lines snapped, so he was literally riding the will of God for another 4 /12 miles at hundreds of miles per hour! A man, a jet, and wheels. Buy that man a drink!
1965.
It is all just another page in a kid's history book today.
The Spirit of America. For a concept of the stones that guy had - in 1964 he pushed the car over 500 mph (about 740 fps) and the brake chute snapped off. Breedlove violently rolled on for FIVE MILES, finally vectored off the track, through a group of telephone poles, and speared into a lake on the salt flats. He escaped himself, punched his way through the rooftop hatch and securing a new record: 526.28 mph!
The team deduced the steering was nearly useless a half-mile after the chute lines snapped, so he was literally riding the will of God for another 4 /12 miles at hundreds of miles per hour! A man, a jet, and wheels. Buy that man a drink!
1965.
It is all just another page in a kid's history book today.
