on 2/6/01 11:22 AM, Want1937hd@aol.com at Want1937hd@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/6/01 12:48:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> lanspeed@west.net writes:
>
> << racer NEWS
> Date: 2/6/01 12:48:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: lanspeed@west.net ("LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth)
> Sender: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> Reply-to: lanspeed@west.net ("LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth)
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net (Landspeed)
>
> ATTA GIRL NOTICE!
>
> On Sunday, Feb 7, land speed racer and record holder Tanis Hammond, aka
> "Whirlygirl" earned her rotorcraft license and joined her husband, Seth, as a
> member of the stick and collective crowd.
>
> Wearing her signature, "Want to see my chopper?" red, yellow and blue socks,
> she was signed off by the FAA after her check ride out of Van Nuys airport.
> Further reports indicate that during the drive home her Audit had lost
> contact
> with the roadway and was seen floating along the freeway with a golden glow
> emanating from the driver's compartment.
>
> Three cheers for the "Shift Queen" -- so named by her land speed racing team
> because she can outshift every one who has ever driven the #77 lakester --
> which, by the way, is getting all spruced up -- turbocharger included-- for
> the 2001 season. The Seth Hammond team hopes to nail a record in excess of
> 300
> mph this season.
>
> I wish them well!
>
> Speedy Regar >>
> Is this the same Seth Hammond that won the Shell Hill climb with a Twin Cam
> Fronty? Aviation runs in the family doesn't it? I'll always remember the
> Lindbergh story you told when you stopped by back in the '70's Bob in
> Connecticut
>
>Bob,
The T roadster is mounted on his office wall... just the way it ran.
Wes
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