{"id":13208,"date":"2016-09-19T01:37:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T05:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13208"},"modified":"2016-09-19T01:37:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T05:37:17","slug":"video-stuntman-eddie-braun-rides-a-rocket-over-the-snake-river-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13208","title":{"rendered":"Video: Stuntman Eddie Braun rides a rocket over the Snake River Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday, daredevil\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Crsh4csh\" target=\"_d\">Eddie Braun<\/a>\u00a0road a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steam_rocket\">steam-powered rocket<\/a>\u00a0over the\u00a0Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Here is a video of the flight:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D1EtAyv132E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The rocket was built by Scott Truax, son of the late\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Truax\">Robert <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Truax\">Truax<\/a>, a\u00a0famous rocket designer and NewSpace pioneer. The father built a similar rocket for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evel_Knievel\">Evel Knievel<\/a>\u00a0who made the same jump in 1974. Knievel made it across the canyon but after\u00a0the chutes deployed too early, winds blew him back over the edge and he ended up\u00a0along side\u00a0the river. Scott wanted to prove his father&#8217;s\u00a0rocket design was quite capable of a successful jump.<\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EvelSpiritRocket\/\" target=\"_d\">Return to Snake River<\/a>\u00a0stunt:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/sportsnow\/la-sp-snake-river-canyon-jump-20160916-snap-story.html\" target=\"_d\">Eddie Braun does what Evel Knievel could not: make successful jump over Snake River Canyon &#8211; LA Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/flight\/a22913\/rocket-jump-evel-knievel\/?src=socialflowTW\">This Man Rocketed Over A Canyon To Honor Evel Knievel &#8211; Popular Mechanics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday, daredevil\u00a0Eddie Braun\u00a0road a\u00a0steam-powered rocket\u00a0over the\u00a0Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Here is a video of the flight: The rocket was built by Scott Truax, son of the late\u00a0Robert Truax, a\u00a0famous rocket designer and NewSpace pioneer. The father built a similar rocket for\u00a0Evel Knievel\u00a0who made the same jump in 1974. Knievel made it across the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13208\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Stuntman Eddie Braun rides a rocket over the Snake River Canyon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3r2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9086,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9086","url_meta":{"origin":13208,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Rocket Girl&#8221; by George D. 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