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Driving for the LSR and
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| Legendary Malcolm Campbell pushed his |
| "Blue Bird" to three pre-war LSR:s |
| Breedlove and Art Arfons fought their |
| own LSR battle during the 60´s |
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| Walt Arfons´"Wingfoot Express" driven |
| into one LSR 1964 by Bob Tantroe and |
| dethronised Craig Breedlove with his |
| "Spirit of America" posing in the desert (ov) |
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| Walt "Poppy" Arfons pioneered in |
| the use of jet engines in both |
| rocket-cars , like "Wingfoot Express" |
| and in different dragsters (ov) |
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| the great dragster pioneer |
| walt "Poppy" Arfons sending |
| his printed but signed picture! |
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| a Stan Barrett "Budweiser Rocket" signed |
| nice photo and a "Poppy" Arfons signed |
| sad personal announcement statement |
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| the historic Mach One "crews" |
| Noble and Green of Thrust SCC above |
| "aerial" Yeager and "grounded" Green |
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| Craig Breedlove adjusted the LSR |
| three times in the 60´s and was the |
| first to exceed both 600, 700 and |
| 800 km/h with his own "Spirit" |
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| Stan Barrett claimed to be the first to drive |
| through "the Barrier", though british Andy Green |
| is the official one, here signing with preceeding |
| Richard Noble, who also built the "SCC Thrust" |
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| German Wilhelm Herz brook some 2-wheel records |
| in the salted desert driving in 200mph as well as |
| 300 km/h. An upcoming LSR attempt is planned by |
| Shadle and Zanghi of the "North American Eagle"! |
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| the great dragster pioneer |
| walt "Poppy" Arfons sending |
| his printed but signed picture! |
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| German Wilhelm Herz brook some 2-wheel records |
| in the desert driving both 200mph and 300 km/h |
| Ernst Jakob Henne brook 76 WR´s 1929-37 |
| pushing the 2-wheelers from 216 to 279 km/h |
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| the historic Mach One "crews" |
| Noble and Green of Thrust SCC above |
| "aerial" Yeager and "grounded" Green |
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Sky rocketing
from X-1 to X15
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| Chalmers "Slick" Goodlin was the first |
| rocket-plane pilot, making 26 missions |
| with the Bell X-1 1946-47, before beeing |
| succeeded by the legendary Chuck Yeager |
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| The noted WWII ace Chuck Yeager |
| became the first to fly through the |
| "Sound Barrier" 1947 with his X-1 |
| Here in front of a Stealth Bomber |
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| Crossfield flew anything from X1 to 15 |
| competeing with Yeager on the Mach´s |
| Undoubtedly Crossfield is instrumental |
| and maybe the foremost pilot of the era |
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| "Slick" Goodlin typing a letter |
| refusing to sign a "X-1" card |
| linking him with the "Yeager myth" |
| which he has some concerns about! |
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| The US test pilots bravely pushed |
| the sky´s limitation reaching space. |
| Among the X-1 to X-15 pilots were |
| Yeager, Crossfield, White and Knight |
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| Forrest Petersen flew five tests |
| with the X-15 between 1958 and 1962 |
| He was the only naval X-15 pilot |
| and reached Mach 5,3 and 102.000 feet |
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| "Pete" Everest became the fastest man alive |
| exceeding 1900 mph in 1956 piloting X-2 |
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| Robert White was the first to reach both Mach 4 |
| and 6, and to become weightless in an air plane |
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| X2 pilot "Pete" Everest and X-15 followers |
| Crossfield, Knight, Petersen and Rushworth |
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| One of the only nine surviving |
| X15 pilots Milton "Milt" Thompson |
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| Pete Knight flew X-15 to astronaut´s altitude |
| with a speed only exceeded by the Shuttle |
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| William "Bill" Dana posing |
| in front of the X-15 |
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| Test pilots Al White, Robert White, Chateau |
| Bob Champine in X-1, Yeager and Crossfield |
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