Evel Knievel: 1938 - 2007.

[MM_Dandy]

SI reports that Knievel died earlier today at the age of 69.

The old daredevil has made the jump into the final frontier. I hope he lands safely this time. ;)

[Bill_Thompson]

SI reports that Knievel died earlier today at the age of 69.

The old daredevil has made the jump into the final frontier. I hope he lands safely this time. ;)

He was an icon.

[Superluminal]

Hope his final jump is better than his Snake River jump. When was his last public jump?

[MM_Dandy]

Hope his final jump is better than his Snake River jump. When was his last public jump?

Considering that he's dead to begin with, I don't think it could go much worse.

Wikipedia says that his last jump was in March, 1981.

[KLA2]

His last jump before the Snake River was in Toronto at the CNE. He attempted to jump 13 Mack trucks.

A Toronto alderman attempted to prevent the stunt on the grounds it was a suicide mission. He failed. Evel suceeded. 8)

[Bill_Thompson]

Hope his final jump is better than his Snake River jump. When was his last public jump?

When will it be ethical to make comments like that was all staged and he was planning on bailing out all along?

[KLA2]

Hope his final jump is better than his Snake River jump. When was his last public jump?

When will it be ethical to make comments like that was all staged and he was planning on bailing out all along?

The launch at Snake River Canyon was at 3:36 p.m. local time. The steam that powered the engine had to get up to a temperature of 700 °F (370 °C). Upon take-off, the drogue parachute accidentally deployed when the three 1/4 inch bolts holding the cover for the chute sheared off with the force of the blast. The deployed chute caused enough drag that even though the skycycle made it all the way across the canyon the wind began to cause it to drift back as the skycycle turned on its side and started to descend into the canyon. By the time it hit the bottom of the canyon, the wind had pushed it across the river enough so that it landed half in and half out of the water. Just a couple feet more in the water, and Knievel would have drowned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_Kniev ... ver_Canyon

Bill, at least bother to Google before you slander. I don't endorse what Evel did for a living, but he did have guts and integrity in it.