Re: FW: Note on Henry Joy (no Audi Content)

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

10/13/97 6:26 PM mnelson@brls.com

>BTW - Andy Green just broke the Sound Barrier in the Black Rock desert,
>but missed making a new land speed record by one minute!! (60-minute
>turn around time, and they did it in 61 minutes)  Go to http://cnn.com
>for the sonic boom.

A point should be observed here though.  Andy Green is NOT the first 
person to drive a car through the sound barrier.  That was Stan Barrett 
driving the Hal Needham/Bill Fredericks Budweiser Rocket car in October 
1979.  The FIA did not certify the record because the car took Two hours 
to turn around, but it did it anyway, I was there.


Later!


Eric Fletcher S.O.C.
'87 5KCSTQ with WAY too many toys
St. Louis, MO

STEADIRIC@aol.com