In Search of Speed. BBC4 8pm Sunday
Discussion
As per the title, looks good 
"Documentary focusing on the dramatic land speed record duels of the 1960s between Craig Breedlove, in his beautifully crafted cars Spirit of America and Sonic 1, and Art Arfons, known as the `Junkyard Genius' due to his record-breaking vehicle being built of scrap and stock parts. Family, friends and the racing drivers themselves are seen talking about the death-defying contests which saw the 400, 500 and 600mph barriers broken "
"Documentary focusing on the dramatic land speed record duels of the 1960s between Craig Breedlove, in his beautifully crafted cars Spirit of America and Sonic 1, and Art Arfons, known as the `Junkyard Genius' due to his record-breaking vehicle being built of scrap and stock parts. Family, friends and the racing drivers themselves are seen talking about the death-defying contests which saw the 400, 500 and 600mph barriers broken "
Amused2death said:
As per the title, looks good
"Documentary focusing on the dramatic land speed record duels of the 1960s between Craig Breedlove, in his beautifully crafted cars Spirit of America and Sonic 1, and Art Arfons, known as the `Junkyard Genius' due to his record-breaking vehicle being built of scrap and stock parts. Family, friends and the racing drivers themselves are seen talking about the death-defying contests which saw the 400, 500 and 600mph barriers broken "
Thanks for that, sky+'ed the last half hour...1963 onwards which is the era Im most interested in!"Documentary focusing on the dramatic land speed record duels of the 1960s between Craig Breedlove, in his beautifully crafted cars Spirit of America and Sonic 1, and Art Arfons, known as the `Junkyard Genius' due to his record-breaking vehicle being built of scrap and stock parts. Family, friends and the racing drivers themselves are seen talking about the death-defying contests which saw the 400, 500 and 600mph barriers broken "
This is a great documentary (its been on before), and made all the better by most of the main protagonists still being alive and being interviewed on the show. It's great when you see then reminiss with a little twinkle in their eye and you can still see the young guy in them still ;-)
First time i have seen it but I knew about the battles from this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/LAND-SPEED-RECORD-Peter-Ho...
Pity Art has passed on but Walt is still going. shows how long ago the programme was made
Pity Art has passed on but Walt is still going. shows how long ago the programme was made
princealbert23 said:
First time i have seen it but I knew about the battles from this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/LAND-SPEED-RECORD-Peter-Ho...
Pity Art has passed on but Walt is still going. shows how long ago the programme was made
Interesting that the cover of the book features a picture of the Budweiser rocket which never actually achieved a land speed record.Pity Art has passed on but Walt is still going. shows how long ago the programme was made
Looks like a repeat from 2007 to gain some interest for some new documentaries of a similar theme.
Air speed records coming on the 25th Sep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074qz5
Air speed records coming on the 25th Sep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074qz5
Mr_B said:
Looks like a repeat from 2007 to gain some interest for some new documentaries of a similar theme.
Air speed records coming on the 25th Sep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074qz5
Looks promising.Air speed records coming on the 25th Sep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074qz5
I hope I won't be disappointed.
Currently reading up on the X-15 (again) - one awesome piece of kit and a real leap into the unknown at the time it was designed (1954-58).
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