STUNT MAN TO RECREATE EVEL KNIEVEL'S CANYON JUMP

Hollywood stuntman Eddie Braun is planning to strap himself into a steam-powered rocket cycle on September 17 to fly over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho, replicating a stunt first performed by famous daredevil Evel Knievel four decades ago, in 1974. Braun wants to prove Knievel could’ve made it had his parachute not prematurely deployed, causing the contraption to drift into the canyon below, albeit with a fairly rough landing. “Evel took off on one side of the canyon in 1974. I’m hoping his spirit lands on the other side of the canyon in 2016,” said the 54-year-old Braun, who says he completed the necessary paperwork and will launch a few miles away from Knievel’s original site that’s near Twin Falls, Idaho. “How many people get to fulfill the dreams of their hero? It’s kind of like touching Superman’s cape.”
* One difference. Superman could fly. Evel Knievel, not so much.
* More Braun than brains, but whatever.
* As they say in show biz … Break a leg!
* A steam-powered rocket cycle? Hey, that’s what I drove into work today.
* You can really tell how modern this is by all the steam engines we see in use today.
* The hard part is, when it really gets going fast, keeping the fire lit under the boiler.
* Evel’s parachute deployed too early? Okay, but I still say having your parachute deploy too early is better than too late.
* What kind of “necessary paperwork” are we talking about here?
* I mean is there a Department of Crazy-Ass Stunts with its own office and forms?