OK, I screwed up. It was Fosset that used the old Schilling AFB runway to set a world airplane record. Tried hard to forget my time in the Salina flatlands and anything associated with the place.

"On February 28, 2005, the city was home to the "Last Great Aviation Record" when Steve Fossett took off from the Salina Airport in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, to attempt the first solo, non-stop, non-refueled aerial circumnavigation of the globe by airplane. Fossett completed the record-breaking flight on March 3, 2005 when he landed back in Salina after 67 hours, 1 minute and 10 seconds, at an average speed of 342.2 mph (550.7 km/h). Support for the venture was provided by the Kansas State Aviation Research (KStAR) Lab."

Kansas is WAAYYY too flat and has road hazards west of KC. I've seen what looks like a car coming at you shimmering in the heat waves. Soon you realize it's coming at you REALLLY fast....

Then you realize it's a fighter flying upside down along the road about 6 feet up.....

The pilot lifts to clear you, and FWOOOSHHHHHHHH, he goes streaking overhead...

Frickin Navy carrier pilots are nuts...

And Olathe had a naval air station.

I think with Alaska added in its in Canada and if you add Hawaii it's somewhere in the North Pacific.....no good for autoX......I'm just sayin'.....

Put on a pair of pants and stay away from the single malt!

I want my tshirt now.

Now that's pretty cool.
-Robert

Hey...what month does the Mayan calender say the world gonna end??

December 12 2012. So we have a lottle over 2 years to make this happen. Google is yer friend........

Well, you all go west and you start losing the east folk. Until I really trust my rebuild I don't want to drive more than one long day from Chicago.

And that sucks

And pull that with what?

How about you pick me up in your semi transport on your way by?

O.K.

For anyone intersted in making this event happen. Start throwing out some ideas for locations please. Remeber we have 2 main goals here:

1. must be in a central location that is possible to get the east and west coasters to make the event.

2. must be in a location that has some good roads, scenery, and or attractions for us to enjoy. THIS is the major problem with the middle of the country Most areas tend to be flat farmland. Unless getting drunk and going cowtipping is your idea of a great week we need some suggestions to debate. I'm kind of partial to the Dakotas BUT that is a bit further west then I think easterners will drive

FWIW according to mapquest Lincoln Nebraska is

20 hours from Richmond

19 hours from Tallahassee

24 hours from Seattle

23 hours from San Fran


Rapid City South Dakota is about another 6 hours for the easterners, but that would put us in some GREAT scenery. Right in the badlands, and black hills area. Close to Rushmore as well

Lincoln is do-able ~ 10 hours from Chicago

I did some searching at www.motorcycleroads.us and even the roads marked as "twisties" in KS and NE are not really twisty looking when viewed on google maps.

For center of the country looks like we will have to settle for "scenic".

I'm close enough to scout the roads in South Dakota. Well not really close like 14 hours one way. But I could make it a weekend trip maybe this fall yet or spring. I think Chappy hunts out that way and may know a little of the area. Others may also. The Black hills has to have some awesome twisty roads. Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Hot Springs, Dino Bones, Sturgis... Beemer bikes...

Rapid City sound good to me. Only 20 hour drive

Need a track

Cheyenne Mountain?

Did you know it's 914 miles from Jake Raby/air cooled technology to Chris Foley/tangerine racing, door to door. I'm going to have to take that drive next year. Who's with me?

I have never been to South Dakota. Sounds like a nice drive. KC..boring and flat. I am in whatever.....

Whew!!!!

Well I guess we dodged the bullet for an "early end of the world" this past Saturday at 6:00 pm PST!

So I assume this 2012 one is still on then!!??

CT to AL by way of SD is just a bit more than 914 miles

Tucson to Rapid City, SD. 19.25 hrs

It's 914 (really, just a smudge over 914) miles from Chicago to Dallas TX. Springfield MO is 1/2 way

It's 914 miles (also really close on the miles) from Newport Beach VA to Cape Girardeau, Mo.

We meet where all 3 roads come together - Kentucky?


It's 914 miles (really close) from Los Angeles to Aspen Co.


SO,,,North, South, and East can meet and we'll simulcast via Skype from the hotel big screen to the West Coast people.



Can we get 914 cars to sign up?

Look at it this way. If we all start tonight, we'll have about 2/3 of us with running cars by then..and the rest can drive their Mazda's.

Ain't gonna work .... due to a math miscalculation, the world will now end on Oct 21st, 2011 according to the engineer that has missed it twice.

... geez Ron, that guy is really ticking me off now, cuz he made the same math error back in 1994 or so too!
Didn't he pay attention in math class as a kid!!??

Wut time so I can set my watch alarm!

Every time he makes a wrong end of the world prediction, we should take a shot

I may be in for this

Oh yeah...folks quit their jobs and rolled around in buses to let everyone know of the impending doom!

I wonder if they were disappointed that the world did not end after all their efforts?

YEP. All the advertising and gas was charged on Visa.

Sh!t, what's todays date? I'm gettin' the teener ready for tech tomorrow, maybe I don't need to finish up...

The Badlands sounds like an awesome idea. LOVE that place.

I'm in.

Sorry, but if it's in the Badlands then I'm out, cuz IMHO it's inappropriate due to that area's sacred nature to the Native People & their long standing dispute. Not political, just my values.

Prefer all y'all pick another local, plus it's well far north for those in the southwest & southeast corners, if you're trying to pick a spot central to the lower 48.

The problem we have run into is there just isn't anything CENTRAL that is worth going to. We want somethign scenic, with good roads, and goo times. Black hills are my pick. Rushmore, Sturgis, Deadwood, windcave, awesome roads, beautiful forests, open fields etc. etc. etc

Curt said Eureka AR was awesome last weekend for MUSR, & I've done in in the Westy.

That's much more central & fliers can come into Tulsa or Little Rock.

How about the Ozarks?

AW yeah, its shine time!

Well if we held it in New Zealand I could kill two birds with one stone

I don't think my car would make the drive to NZ

Where I suggested above IS in the Ozarks in NW Arkansas.

Also in the the Ozarks - along southern tier of Missouri along US 60 from Poplar Bluff MO to Springfield MO, then end up south on US 65 to Ozark MO for some Throwed Rolls at Lamberts Cafe?

Also can do same W-E & can add Lambert's in Sikeston MO.....

Unfortunately Scotty, even if we could drive to NZ, we couldn't make it by Sunday for the Rugby World Cup Final Match there!

Nonsense.

You just need one of these on your teener.

Heck : I'll try to make it know matter where it is. That is if I am not looking up at

the grass. I have been in Black Hill's area , and the Ozarks , both areas

outstanding to me . Dave