Rosco McGlashan, plans to become the first person to reach 1000 miles per hour

[TarJak]

http://media.smh.com.au/national/selections/driver-guns-for-land-speed-record-4913150.html

I admire blokes in sheds who do this sort of thing. Had a dream and is going for it. Hope he beats to poms to it as well. Go Rosco go!:up:

[Jimbuna]

The sight of Bluebird brought back a few sad memories.

[Platapus]

At 1,000 mph on land, your margin for error is approximately zero. :nope:

Anything, anything that is not perfection will probably result in a horrible accident. The problem is that only a fraction of the influences are under his control. A clump of sand in the wrong place...A slight shift in the winds....Even passing through a different temperature zone... I doubt he would survive.

Is it really worth the risk? I guess if this is what this man want's to do. Best of luck to him. :salute:

I hope he is real careful.

[em2nought]

Attaching fifty weather balloons to a lawn chair seems like a wiser idea. :D

[TarJak]

Well I'm glad I'm not going to be in the vehicle. I still think that without these sorts of crazy guys pushing the envelope I'm sure we'd still be living in caves oe trees.

[Cybermat47]

Good luck to him! I hope we smash the Poms- wait a second, that Pom was a nice guy. I can't hate him now. This is why I hate niceness :nope: