- 1. Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:26:28 -0600
- Glen and others living in Utah's Dixie ... Did you see the KSL TV, Channel 5, report tonight on the testing on Hurricane Mesa just a few miles from where you are? They are using the rocket sled track
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00018.html (7,895 bytes)
- 2. RE: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: "James Tone" <James.Tone@AES.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 06:50:26 -0700
- My father was a wind tunnel model maker at his machine shop. Up till his untimely death in 1963 he made many different model tail and wing surfaces for the Aircraft companies. One of his models was a
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00020.html (8,998 bytes)
- 3. RE: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:44:25 -0500
- Wasn't Col. John Stapp the first person to ride a rocket sled? The "G" forces must be tremendous! Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ My father was a wind tunnel model maker at his machine shop. Up till his un
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00022.html (8,634 bytes)
- 4. Re: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 17:10:12 EDT
- Neil : If not the very first, Col. John "Babe" Stapp was, indeed, of the very early Rocketsled Riders. The extreme "G" forces were experienced on both the acceleration and deceleration phases of the
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00025.html (8,096 bytes)
- 5. Re: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:25:56 -0600
- Bruce et.al. The most inportant thing is that we were around to see and in some cases be a part of it. We are the lucky ones. To see the things I have in my young 69 years is beyond words. Many times
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00026.html (9,519 bytes)
- 6. Re: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:33:25 -0600
- I'm sure you're right. Stapp was one of the pioneers. The photos from Life Magazine were pretty impressive. I don't know if the acceleration and deceleration G's were less than what the driver of a t
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00029.html (9,572 bytes)
- 7. RE: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:47:35 -0500
- Those pioneers were brave men, indeed! Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ I'm sure you're right. Stapp was one of the pioneers. The photos from Life Magazine were pretty impressive. I don't know if the accele
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00037.html (9,916 bytes)
- 8. RE: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:05:18 -0500
- That's a great site-- thanks. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ Go to http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/afspbio/part4-2.htm and you'll see that one run decelerated from mach 0.9 to zero in 1.4 second
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00039.html (7,901 bytes)
- 9. RE: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:20:08 -0700
- That IS a great site. Wonder what those chimps were thinking being spun up at 100 RPM and close to mach 1! What would PETA say???? Dale C. Benn; That's a great site-- thanks. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00041.html (8,028 bytes)
- 10. Re: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:58:14 -0600
- If Rutan did indeed qualify for the $10,000,000 this morning on their sub orbital flight we have seen another milestone just today. What an accelerated world we live in. My grandmother ( who was born
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00045.html (8,041 bytes)
- 11. Re: Hurricane Mesa (score: 1)
- Author: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:41:53 -0600
- I'm sure PETA would be trying to get in and sabotage the equipment used to send humans along the same track. They don't get the difference in human beings and other animals. The SPCA was much more ac
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00047.html (8,317 bytes)
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