- 1. New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Meierle" <mike.meierle@alcatel.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:36:51 -0500
- New ECTA venue? 15,000 Feet of FLAT concrete (they actually compensated for the curvature of the earth). http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/financial_markets/141025 13.htm Mike Meier
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00224.html (7,684 bytes)
- 2. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: Flowbench@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:59:07 EST
- What curvature, I thought the earth was flat? Mike
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00225.html (7,505 bytes)
- 3. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:17:04 -0700
- That's just when the cars are putting down all that horsepower. Makes an indentation on the curve. Wes
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00226.html (7,849 bytes)
- 4. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:27:31 -0500
- That's right, Mike -- you ARE from Californya, aren't you? Jon Wennerberg Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing Marquette, Michigan (that's 'way up north)
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00227.html (7,994 bytes)
- 5. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:29:40 -0700
- There's a 15,000 ft. duplicate of this at Vandenberg AFB outside of Lompoc, CA. Currently it's only used for helicopters. Guys like Keith who hover and disappear by going straight up. Reportedly ther
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00228.html (8,442 bytes)
- 6. RE: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Meierle" <mike.meierle@alcatel.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:48:50 -0500
- I think that is where Monster Garage tested their jet car (horrible failure) with Mike Cook doing the timing last year.... Mike M. There's a 15,000 ft. duplicate of this at Vandenberg AFB outside of
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00229.html (8,806 bytes)
- 7. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: "joseph lance" <jolylance@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:52:51 -0500
- Now you got me worried--how is the strip oriented? All that horsepower could either tilt the axis or change the speed of the earth's rotation. Lance
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00231.html (8,508 bytes)
- 8. RE: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Meierle" <mike.meierle@alcatel.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:00:41 -0500
- Runs Catty Corner (kitty corner)\\ \\ Mike M. --Original Message-- From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of joseph lance Sent: Wednesday, March 15,
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00232.html (8,489 bytes)
- 9. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:03:26 -0700
- No worries ... Record qualifiers would run BOTH ways on north/south Wes
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00233.html (8,809 bytes)
- 10. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:06:03 -0700
- Wes
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00234.html (8,245 bytes)
- 11. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: "don thigpen" <piggy@accessatc.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:06:07 -0500
- reminds me of the pilot that thought the runway was mighty short but plenty don t.
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00235.html (7,455 bytes)
- 12. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:07:27 -0700
- Sounds like Keith. Wes
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00236.html (7,535 bytes)
- 13. Re: New ECTA Venue? (score: 1)
- Author: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:29:16 -0700
- Wes
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00237.html (7,750 bytes)
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