Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
In the grand scheme of things £25M wasn't much for the tech that this involved, but the timing was wholly against them, I'm afraid.
Well, the Americans beat the speed on land in the 70s, and we know the timings were accurate because the USAF did them. But because the FIA hadn't ratified the attempt, it didn't count.
http://www.thedrive.com/vintage/136...dweiser-rocket-really-break-the-sound-barrier
It also didn't count because they only did it once, I'm pretty sure that you have to do two runs to be able to claim the record. I'm happy to be corrected if wrong.
In the Iceland delivery van that would almost certainly be on its arse, desperate to overtake...Where on earth would you put your shopping?
And a massive down hill gradient.One way then the other I think to negate wind and other factors I think.
Get Guy Martin involved with C4.Shame, but I bet if they'd done a load of 'fun' you tube videos, they may have got the sponsorship !
Feel for the engineers that have worked on this.
Get Guy Martin involved with C4.
Flip it upside down and stick it in a canal. Sorted. Not sure the world is ready for a rocket-powered narrowboat though...45 foot long, where you going to park up?
It also didn't count because they only did it once, I'm pretty sure that you have to do two runs to be able to claim the record. I'm happy to be corrected if wrong.