land speed record with a F-104? Maybe this year.

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10-22-2012, 07:13 AM

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land speed record with a F-104? Maybe this year.

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10-22-2012, 07:36 AM

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RE: land speed record with a F-104? Maybe this year.

The spirit that drove the Arfons brothers lives on.

Maybe just maybe the F 104 will capture one last record.

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10-22-2012, 08:05 AM

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RE: land speed record with a F-104? Maybe this year.

I hope it's still fitted with the bang seat! The driver might need it!

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10-22-2012, 08:33 AM

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RE: land speed record with a F-104? Maybe this year.

Interesting attempt from a nostalgia standpoint, but I think the next record is likely to go to [link=http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/]Bloodhound SSC[/link] - a better financed and engineered effort...

Bob

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10-22-2012, 09:35 AM

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RE: land speed record with a F-104? Maybe this year.

Pat,

I hope that is not one of the 'down firing' models!

Alistair

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10-22-2012, 09:38 AM

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RE: land speed record with a F-104? Maybe this year.

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10-22-2012, 10:00 AM

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RE: land speed record with a F-104? Maybe this year.

Seems to me once Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier everything from here on out is anticlimactic.

Everyone remembers Chuck Yeager, how many remember the first guy to break 1000 mph?