1,000 MPH Land Speed Record Attempt

[afx]

10,000 man-hours to create the carbon fiber/aluminum honeycomb monocoque alone. Engine will produce 130,000 HP! Check out more here.

[Mooneyzs]

Now that is going to be cool. Crazy amount of time and engineering have gone into that machine. Thank you for sharing

[Longbox55]

They have competition http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/06/05/craig-breedlove-laying-plans-for-new-land-speed-record-attempt/

[High octane]

Wow, that 1,000 mph car looks AWESOME!!!

[ScaleDale]

Then there's these people in my area who bought a junked F-104 and put wheels on it. Jessie C. from All Girls Garage is the driver. They aren't joking either.

North American Eagle Project: http://landspeed.com

Dale

Edited June 19, 2014 by ScaleDale

[Joe Handley]

Jesse Combs one of the drivers?

COOL!

[58 Impala]

Wow! That's one incredible piece of engineering.

[checkmate]

Cool and somewhat scary at the same time, be great to watch in person.

The world water speed record was set here where I live and has stood for over 35 years but it seems a bit more unpredictable on water. Ken Warby has built a new boat to go again but the conditions haven't been right and he's now a bit long in the tooth. Last I heard his son was going to have a crack at it which would be great to see.

[Modelmartin]

The Bloodhound will do well. They know what they are doing. Someone will die in the wingless F-104. It just has that look to it. Breedlove has been putting together LSR projects for over 50 years now. It is what he does. I don't think he will manage to do it. J79s? That's like putting together a NASCAR racer with a flathead!

[jbwelda]

good to hear Craig Breedlove is back in the game. he used to be based a couple miles from here, Rio Vista CA, but closed up shop and I guess moved elsewhere to continue. I thought he had retired for good. I had talked with him a few times when I was passing by his shop, once for a couple hours when he invited me in...there were panels for the current car/jet/thing lying around but the car itself was somewhere else. used to be able to see it quite clearly through the fence around the lot when it was there. some other interesting stuff lying around too. anyway best of luck to him he is a survivor and a winner so I wouldn't count him out no matter if he is using "flatheads" or not. funny thing about Craig, he really didn't brag too much, he let his machinery do his bragging for him.

jb

[ChrisR]

As the Bloodhound attempt is going happen in South Africa I hope to attend the event, although it is about 900 kilometres (560 miles) away from where i live.