North American Eagle over 400

[Ratliff]

Jon, I think he has you on his ignore button.

This site has an "ignore button"?

I never noticed that.

[aircap]

I never noticed that.

Ladies & gentlemen - a first from Franklin on this board!

[John Romero]

Kitty O'Neil may have gone 400 mph at El Mirage in Ky Michaelson's rocket dragster.

I "may" have exceeded 400 mph at El Mirage in my honda earlier this year as well. Unfortunately, my claims have fallen on deaf ears... 

[Ratliff]

Kitty O'Neil may have gone 400 mph at El Mirage in Ky Michaelson's rocket dragster.

I "may" have exceeded 400 mph at El Mirage in my honda earlier this year as well. Unfortunately, my claims have fallen on deaf ears... 

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/7D4955E7190F1A25C12572FB00559369/$FILE/Records_List_Cat-C.pdf

Kitty O'Neil's average speed at El Mirage for the half kilometer, from a standing start, was 207.739 mph.

I have not seen the specific data source (wheel rpm, GPS, or airspeed) for 400 mph cited by the NAE team.

[John Romero]

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/7D4955E7190F1A25C12572FB00559369/$FILE/Records_List_Cat-C.pdf
Kitty O'Neil's average speed at El Mirage for the half kilometer, from a standing start, was 207.739 mph.

According to the link you posted it was at Bonneville not El Mirage. Either way it must have been a nice ride. Not really relevant to this discussion but a nice ride nonetheless.

I have not seen the specific data source (wheel rpm, GPS, or airspeed) for 400 mph cited by the NAE team.

I'm quite sure that was an oversight and all relevant data will be submitted for your certification ASAP. 

[Ratliff]

The record broken by Kitty O'Neil was set in 1974 by Vern Anderson with the second Pollution Packer at Bonneville. However, O'Neil's record was set at El Mirage. This makes her the only American thus far to set an FIA Category C record at a venue outside of Bonneville. All the other Americans to set Category C records (Tom Greene, Art Arfons, Craig Breedlove, Dave Anderson, and Vern Anderson) did so at Bonneville.

Below (in order) are the three rocket dragsters to be driven to FIA Category C records. Dave Anderson still holds the standing kilo record of 234.775 mph set in 1972.

http://www.the-rocketman.com/RPV/dragsters/pollution-packer-b1.jpg

http://www.the-rocketman.com/RPV/dragsters/VERN-BOONIVILLE-3.jpg

http://www.the-rocketman.com/gallery/rocketcar.html

[John Romero]

..... However, O'Neil's record was set at El Mirage. This makes her the only American thus far to set an FIA Category C record at a venue outside of Bonneville.

Then someone should tell the FIA because the link you posted lists the place of the record as being Bonneville. (LIEU means place in French)

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/7D4955E7190F1A25C12572FB00559369/$FILE/Records_List_Cat-C.pdf

[Ratliff]

..... However, O'Neil's record was set at El Mirage. This makes her the only American thus far to set an FIA Category C record at a venue outside of Bonneville.

Then someone should tell the FIA because the link you posted lists the place of the record as being Bonneville. (LIEU means place in French)

http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/7D4955E7190F1A25C12572FB00559369/$FILE/Records_List_Cat-C.pdf

Somebody should also tell the FIA that Art Arfons set the LSR three times.

[dwarner]

Franklin,

With your knowledge and connctions you should take on the Arfons project as a personal quest.

Let us know how it works out for you upon your return.

DW

[Ratliff]

Franklin,

With your knowledge and connctions you should take on the Arfons project as a personal quest.

Let us know how it works out for you upon your return.

DW

As "Landspeed" Louise Noeth has discussed in her editorials on the subject, the records of jet racers are not the only ones to have fallen through the cracks in the French bureaucracy.

Have fun in Paris.