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World Land Speed Record
Planned This Fall With
Rocket-Powered Race Car
OAKLAND, Calif. — An as
sualt on the world land speed
record is planned this fall in a
small rocket-powered race car.
Romeo Palamides of Oakland,
who is building the car that needs
wings to keep it on the ground,
says, “I’m kind of scared of this
one. I’m going to ease into it. This
is a controlled explosion, a pro
jectile on wheels.”
He calls the new project “Mach
1,” the scientific designation of the
speed of sound — about 760 miles
an hour, compared with the pre
sent land record of 403.135.
The engine for Mach 1 is out of
a surplus space rocket and the car
is expected to weigh about 800
pounds. The wings will be short
15-inch stablizers on each side of a
thin, needle-shaped titanium nose
cone. They’re designed to produce
negative lift, forcing the vehicle
to hug the ground.
Palamides last fall built a jet
powered racer in which Glenn
Leasher of San Mateo, Calif., was
killed when it flipped during a
test run at Bonneville Salt Flats in
Utah. Palamides believes the crash
followed a tire-wheel failure.
Bob Smith, 25, of Santa Clara,
Calif., will handle the rocket car
when it is completed. Smith will
wear a gravity suit, ride in a con
tour-fitted compartment and use an
oxygen mask.
The rocket vehicle, using liquid
oxygen and kerosene for fuel, will
undergo static tests late this spring
in a Southern California desert
area and initial acceleration tests
are planned at Hickam Air Force
Base in Hawaii.
Palamides says the rocket engine
is of a type used in governmental
rocket programs five or six years
ago.
“Attaining the speed of sound on
land may seem like a futile goal,”
he admits, “but so was the idea of
sending rockets into space a few
years ago.
It was George Jean Nathan who
observed, “An optimist is a fellow
who believes a housefly is look
ing for a way to get out.”
Nome Directory
BERING SEA LIONS CLUB
Sven Larsen, Pres.
Tom Balone, Secty.
Meets Every Tuesday
at 7:00 p.m.
at the North Star or Polaris
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Frank Couch, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Verna Mickelson
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Werner E. Bohrer, W. M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursdays
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Roy Snyder
President
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of Every
Month at School
Frank Couch, Pratidtnt
Harriet Amundsen, Secretary
— VISITORS WELCOME —
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Don Lyle, Free.
Cfcas. D. Jones, Secty.