Posted on 09/16/2016 5:43:01 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KBOI) -- He did it!
Stuntman Eddie Braun just mimicked the legendary jump across the Snake River Canyon that his role model, Evel Knievel, attempted 42 years ago.
Braun took off at 3:54 p.m. from a property a few miles up the river from the original spot. He launched off a 10-story ramp, flying about 2,000 feet in the air at a speed of 400 mph.
This jump mirrored Knievel's in almost every way, including the technology.
He's been preparing for the past three years and spent about $1.6 million of his own money on the jump. That includes the work of engineer Scott Truax, who is the son of Robert Truax, the engineer who built Knievel's rocket back in 1974.
Braun deployed a parachute after the jump. No word yet on his condition post-jump.
Knievel has been Braun's idol and inspiration since the day they met in the 1970s.
Braun says he is attempting the jump not to prove he can, but to fulfill the dream of his hero.
Watch his jump here: (at the link)
Original article, that ISN’T NEWS WORTHY, but only worthy of being relegated to ‘chat.’
It would have been “news” if he died in the attempt.
Oh! So that’s the criterion for qualifying as ‘news’ on FR. I didn’t know that!
It’s a shame your earlier thread got pulled. People were engaged in a discussion, and I was about to post something and the page was gone.
Or if he actually landed the craft instead of wimping out and using a parachute.
It would be nice if the mods would have simply changed it to ‘chat’ instead of pulling the thread. Are the mods getting that petty these days? I guess someone at FR has something against Evel Knievel.
That’s not a “jump”...That’s a launch...
When Kneivel used to jump buses and stuff was a jump...with a running start...
Exactly when was the Original Jump/Launch?
Evel Kneivel’s, you mean???
Evel Kneivel tried it in Sept 1974....
Damn. He survived...
Thanks,
I was running the streets on a 750 Honda
4 cylinder back then .
Lucky I survived!
I have a ticket (found, unused) for the CCTV broadcast of Knievel’s attempt way back when.
I had a Yamaha 350 RD two stroke...I had to run at 50 to keep the plugs from fouling out...LOL
The two stroke twins,,,
Mean bikes in the day,
Remember the Kawasaki Triples?
Fast didn’t handle at All.
I got in so much trouble with bikes back then.
Cheese-o Man!
I seen Evel live in Vegas ,
Jumped school buses indoors,
What a Showman!
Just wow! Did you see that thing accelerate?
Any volunteers? ;-)
6 g’s all the way!
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