Waldo Stakes, a colleague who was at the site, confirmed that Hughes, 64, was killed. Hughes' launch on Saturday was made from private property. I know how air moves around things,' he told the News. Guinness World Records had recognized him in 2002 for jumping a 3-ton, 6-door Lincoln limousine 103 feet into a pile of tires. 'All it cost him,' the News' story said, 'was 21/2 days immobilized in his motor home afterward from the G-forces.' People think of reasons to say no instead of saying yes.'Ī year earlier, Hughes' propane-fueled, steam-driven X-2 SkyLimo had raced up a ramp in Winkelman, Arizona, and soared 1,374 feet. Rebuffed at that point by both government and private potential launch sites, he said, 'Here's why nothing great happens anymore. The News described him then as a 'quick-speaking, high-aiming, no-punch-pulling, gray-haired private limousine driver from Ontario, California.' to Windsor or the other way around, assuming he couldn't get permission for a similar crossing from south of Ottawa into New York State.

In January 2015, he told The Detroit News of his goal to soar above the Detroit River, either U.S.

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