Go to our website,
www.landspeed.com and the donate button is on the front page.
The other question about how this started out and all.............Well, it is a long story but the short version is: I had the idea back when the Brit's ran 763 that I could take
a mach two fighter which has the correct inlet design for supersonic speeds and use that platfom as the basis for the project. From my experience in the Air Force, I knew
the F-104 would be the best candidate because it is small and very fast. I had met with some higher-ups at Edwards AFB and told them about my idea. They loved it and
we entered into a Cooperative Research and Development agreement where they would provide surplus F-104 parts from their scrap yard and provide engineering support.
The plan was also to conduct a majority of the work and all speed runs at Edwards AFB. There is 11 miles end to end and a very nice surface. Those of us who ran at the
Muroc Reunion found the lakebed to be perfect for the project. A local fellow in Oregon who had been trying to get the surplus parts found I had gotten them via the CRDA
and it pissed him off royally. He contacted the GSA and the Air Force and claimed that I did not have a land speed project and that I was really selling the parts to middle
east countries. Soon the men in black suits were in my front yard. I had already purchased the F-104 I have, from a scrap yard in Maine and I own it free and clear. After
several visits and various events (Marlo can tell you how that works) I had to get an attorney. I eventually found myself at the US Attorney Generals office where they
did the hot lamp over my head deal for another 2 hours. They found that I never sold, traded or otherwise did anything unscrupulous with the parts. I wasn't charged and
they even wrote me a letter stating that I was debarred but that it was only a formality and that it was all a big mistake. Meanwhile GSA took all the parts back and put them
up for bid. They guy in Oregon has most of those parts now. The CRDA was also cancelled and I was left with a scrapped out F-104 and a vision. I guess it is my nature
to be stubborn so I said to myself, to hell with them! I'm going to figure out a way to do it anyway. I surrounded myself with others that share the vision and began
the project to attempt to break the world land speed record. And that's the way it was!