Stuntman Eddie Braun successfully launches rocket over Snake River Canyon AP ©2016, by Times-News and MagicValley.com |
Braun has said the rocket was identical to the model Knievel used for his failed canyon attempt on Sept. 8, 1974.Popular Mechanics
Months of testing was performed on the rocket designed by Scott Truax, whose father constructed the original "X2 Skycycle" for Knievel.
Truax followed his father's blueprints down to the last bolt and deviated only by updating the parachute system.
After Trump left the room, the ABC News producer Candace Smith, who was designated to follow him on his tour of the new hotel on behalf of her colleagues in the press pool, reported that she was physically restrained from accompanying her camera operator.
That'll show him! Too bad the show of solidarity among the MSM didn't happen earlier. That video deleting protest won't be seen or known about by most of the public. I won't say the act is futile, but if the broadcast journalists who got conned REALLY wanted to make a statement, they'll do their job, get in there and ask real questions, with follow-ups and do real-time fact checking.A source says Trump broadcast pool just erased tape of his tour of the hotel in protest of bait-and-switch w no editorial access.— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 16, 2016
VICE News reporter arrested outside a Donald Trump campaign event | VICE News https://t.co/AaXY7XMK2z— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 17, 2016