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The North American Eagle

A look at the car that just could break the world land speed record—with you in the driver's seat

Posted 4.22.08 at 4:59 pm 7 Comments

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dontbother

04/25/08 at 9:02 am

erm... is that _actually_ just a jet fighter with its wings chopped off? ^-^

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Carboi91

04/29/08 at 9:18 pm

Yea its an F-104 Starfighter

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Gadjet Ramjet

from Sooke, B C

05/21/08 at 11:58 pm

I just spent 10 min signing up and logging on to make a comment, only to find two comments saying what I thought!

Another name for the F- 104 or CF-104 in Canada, was "the widowmaker" the plane had a real problem with flat spins and stalling ..... I hope for their sake this isn't a foreshadow for things to come.

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Milkweed110

05/28/08 at 7:28 am

Mr. Ramjet- yes, it killed a lot of people. but that's because its low-speed handling wasn't very good because of its small wings. The car doesn't fly, and has no wings, therefore the wings should not be a problem.

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scooterbooter

05/29/08 at 8:38 pm

wow that is so cool why cant they make cars like that street legal
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Mr. Scotty Boi

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timias

06/27/08 at 4:10 pm

How do they prevent F.O.D from destroying the engine. Picture # 5 shows a dust trail that appears to be entering the inlets. A tiny stone and their expensive engines won't even be able to out suck my hoover.

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gphifer

07/25/08 at 3:32 pm

The low-speed handling characteristics (typical during takeoff and landing phase - ie, close to the ground) combined with the fact the ejection system fired DOWN to keep the pilot from "meeting" the high T-tail made low altitude ejections a real treat.