World Record.

[conio]

So, is Richard Hammond the holder of a new world record ?
Fastest ever survived car crash - 300mph ?

Possibly 2 records , Fastest ever survived car crash by a hamster -300mph ?


discuss.





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[Viper007Bond]

Note that this is just a UK record we're talking about there. Many, many guys have wrecked at over 300 MPH here in the US (either on a dragstrip or on the salt flats).

though.

[James May's Hair]

288mph and endless boasting to Jeremy about crashing at a faster speed than he ever will.

[ruuman]

I still don't know why our land speed record is so low, especially as we hold the world record currently??

I thought maybe we don't have a big enough expanse of land? But we have plenty of top fuel dragsters, jet cars and drag strips plus cold war runways?

[Peter3hg]

Originally Posted by ruuman

I still don't know why our land speed record is so low, especially as we hold the world record currently??

I thought maybe we don't have a big enough expanse of land? But we have plenty of top fuel dragsters, jet cars and drag strips plus cold war runways?

I think for it to be an official record it has to be measured over a mile(?) so you need quite a long strip to get up to speed, do the distance and then slow down safely.

[ruuman]

Originally Posted by peter3hg2

I think for it to be an official record it has to be measured over a mile(?) so you need quite a long strip to get up to speed, do the distance and then slow down safely.

hum good point, I guess a large RAF runway is max 2miles long, so basically we need to close one of the big motorways for a few days and were be laughing.

So hammond potentially breaking the land speed record is quite a feat then, his badarse meter just increased 10 points in my book

[YF19pilot]

Originally Posted by ruuman

hum good point, I guess a large RAF runway is max 2miles long, so basically we need to close one of the big motorways for a few days and were be laughing.

So hammond potentially breaking the land speed record is quite a feat then, his badarse meter just increased 10 points in my book

Well, the runway might be 3 miles, depending if they see, or have ever seen, C-5s land there. heavier aircraft demand longer runways. But best place to do things like that is the Utah Salt Flats.

[Peter3hg]

Originally Posted by YF19pilot

Well, the runway might be 3 miles, depending if they see, or have ever seen, C-5s land there. heavier aircraft demand longer runways. But best place to do things like that is the Utah Salt Flats.

He crashed at RAF Elvington which has the longest runway in the north of England. It's still only 1.92 miles.

[marcos_eirik]

I alway thought Bruntingthorpe was the longest runway in the UK, isn't that the only one in Europe certified for emergency landing for the space Shuttle...?

[jbourne]

Originally Posted by marcos_eirik

I alway thought Bruntingthorpe was the longest runway in the UK, isn't that the only one in Europe certified for emergency landing for the space Shuttle...?

There are multiple emergency landing sites in Europe, Zaragoza, Spain being the primary one. RAF Fairford is the only UK landing site.

Here is a full list: http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/...ty/sts-els.htm

[hajj]

Originally Posted by YF19pilot

Well, the runway might be 3 miles, depending if they see, or have ever seen, C-5s land there. heavier aircraft demand longer runways. But best place to do things like that is the Utah Salt Flats.

So your suggestion is to make the Utah Salt Flats part of the UK? So that the UK landspeed record can be set there?
Great Idea

[Peter3hg]

Originally Posted by marcos_eirik

I alway thought Bruntingthorpe was the longest runway in the UK, isn't that the only one in Europe certified for emergency landing for the space Shuttle...?

You're probably right, I said longest in the north of England, not the whole of England.

[Susurrate]

World's longest trench dug with a man's cranium.

[jayhawk]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

...Many, many guys have wrecked at over 300 MPH here in the US...

Youre right. In fact, everyone drives in America at 300 mph on the Interstates, whilst talking on a cell phone and eating McDonalds. If you dont drive 300 mph, we will kill you dead with our gigantic vehicles that have leaf springs. Cause Americans like to kill everyone dead.

Oh, and we are all fat, too. And have Texas accents.



Boomheadshot.

[Viper007Bond]

I simply meant that there's no world record in crashing at 300 MPH as this thread implied.

[jayhawk]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

I simply meant that there's no world record in crashing at 300 MPH as this thread implied.

I know! I saw your quote and thought, "I could really make a sarcastic reply!"

[BlaRo]

Would have worked better if Viper was European.

[3Colin]

Perhaps "fastest crash survived by a television personality". I'm actually reminded of... Christopher Titus' character wrecking his funny car at 300 mph.

[KryptonZone]

most reported accident in britain? i mean it made headlines all over the british media... for days!