[Land-speed] Records

[Skip Higginbotham]

Rich,
Exactly the same point that I was trying to make......apples and 
oranges.....thank you.

Mayf,
The North American Land Sailing Association did a very good job of 
documenting the run(s) for the Greenbird effort. But it is no more a 
world record than times at the Texas Mile or ECTA, Loring, or El 
Mirage. And at least at the drags and Bonneville a backup run has to 
be made. And the course is defined.....and it is no accident what 
course needs to be used. Unlike Greenbird....
However, their (Greenbird's) accomplishment, as I have said before, 
is remarkable and they are to be commended.

Everybody,
Now how can we get the "sanctioning bodies" together and 
(re)establish some worldwide rules..........? Couldn't any more 
difficult than the UN.............or NATO, or....?(-:(-:


Skip






At 09:25 AM 6/24/2009, Rich Fox wrote:
>There you go again....However easy it is to dismiss Jesse James and 
>his frolicking in the Dirt the reality remains that he went faster 
>then anyone has ever gone with a Internal Combustion engine on 
>Hydrogen...You don't know that. You have no idea how fast the Beemer 
>went at it's fastest. That's because we are still comparing apples 
>and oranges. And we will always be doing the same unless we accept a 
>set of defined standards. Which we did years ago. JJ didn't get any 
>certificate stating he got any record. Because he didn't get a 
>record. I have a number of record certs from El Mirage. They all say 
>"Dry Lake Record. 1.3 miles at El Mirage" on them. That's the 
>standard I was running on that day. Same one JJ was running on.
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