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Watch: Stuntman Eddie Braun successfully launches rocket over Snake River Canyon
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| 16SEP2016
| KBOI NEWS STAFF & DEVAN KANEY
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)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
September 8 1974.
Evel failed at Snake River.
I also failed to outrun the
CHP on Hwy 395 in Sun City.
Oops!
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posted on
09/16/2016 7:50:54 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: All
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:34:55 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Big Red Badger
I was on a Honda 2 cylinder back then!...........
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:40:34 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(YES, I'm Deplorable! I Deplore the entire Democrat Party!....................)
To: Red Badger
Was that a 305 Dream ? IIRC??
Dang , the Old “New” bikes!
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:43:36 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Big Red Badger
Chopped Honda 450 (back from Okinawa) and a '73 Norton Commando (right shifter) I found still in the shipping crate:
Pretty much the odd couple.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:46:40 PM PDT
by
norton
(and now you know)
To: norton
I put that 750-4 in a Jammer hard tail frame ,,,bad a$$ Machine.
Then I got married,
and sold it.
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09/16/2016 8:57:35 PM PDT
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Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: norton
The Snorton Norton,
Had a very distinct sound,
Kool!
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09/16/2016 8:59:51 PM PDT
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Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Big Red Badger
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posted on
09/17/2016 12:48:55 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(YES, I'm Deplorable! I Deplore the entire Democrat Party!....................)
To: All
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posted on
09/18/2016 6:58:24 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Snake River was Evel Knievel's "Jump the Shark" moment.
He should have stuck with his motorcycle.
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posted on
09/18/2016 7:00:28 AM PDT
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SamAdams76
(It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
To: JBW1949; Big Red Badger; Red Badger
I was riding this bad boy and breaking rear shocks regularly by going over makeshift "jumps".
To: Big Red Badger
Had a 305 Scrambler in 1969.
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09/18/2016 7:08:34 AM PDT
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TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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