For three days in 1963, Walt Arfons held the land speed record of 413.2 mph driving a jet engine-powered race car. Then his brother and bitter rival Art bested him on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
When Walt Arfons first strapped a jet engine onto a hot rod, experts thought the car would melt, explode or spin wildly out of control.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/A_WADueryGU/la-me-walt-arfons-20130615,0,1610804.story
When Walt Arfons first strapped a jet engine onto a hot rod, experts thought the car would melt, explode or spin wildly out of control.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/A_WADueryGU/la-me-walt-arfons-20130615,0,1610804.story
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