STUNTMAN TO FLY ROCKET ACROSS TEXAS CANYON

‘Mad’ Mike Hughes, a jackass – er, stunt-man from Los Angeles, is planning to attempt the longest and possibly the most dangerous rocket jump in history. He’s going to launch himself in a rocket across the Palo Duro Canyon in Texas, hopefully breaking his own previous record of jumping 1,374 feet. Hughes, who calls himself the ‘Current King of the Daredevils’, will perform the stunt on April 2 at The Palo Duro Zipline Adventure Park, located 25 miles from Amarillo. He’ll be using the steam-powered X-2 Steam Rocket, powered by steam pressure rather than rocket fuel. The tank is expected to build up sufficient pressure to launch him off a steel ramp and set him sailing across the Park area and over the gorge called the ‘Grand Canyon’ of Texas. Hughes will finish the stunt by deploying a parachute to land safely on the ground. Tickets to view the highly dangerous stunt will be sold at the Park on the day of the event itself.
* Since the dawn of time, man has been striving for the ability to propel himself across a deep chasm in a steam-powered rocket.
* Say, that wouldn’t be an ACME steam-powered X-2 Steam Rocket by chance, would it? I used to watch this movie on the Saturday morning cartoons.
* How do you steam-power a rocket? Is he inside shoveling coal?
* You’ve heard of Evel Knievel? This is Chuckle K-nucklehead.”
* Hey – don’t give them illegals any new ideas about how to get over here.
* Forgive me for bringing some actual sanity into this discussion, but doesn’t the rocket mean it’s not a jump – it’s a flight?
* Otherwise it’s not really a rocket. It’s more like a steam cannon.
* What difference does it make? It’ll probably end up as a crater in the desert anyway.
* Yeah, you think the canyon is big, wait till you see the hole in the ground this thing makes.