The first attempt finally took place a year later, on September 22, 1970. “Because it was the first to exceed 1,000 kilometers per hour, it was a bigger sensation in Europe than in the U.S.A.”“It was a promotion of the safety and usefulness of liquefied natural gas,” notes one of the Blue Flame’s designers.Today’s record holder: The jet-powered Thrust SSC.“We had a big meeting – you can see the guys in the suits,” he said later. The Blue Flame's run for the land speed record at Bonneville was scheduled for September of 1969, but it was postponed indefinitely. museum, there were no takers.Keller later explained that the record-breaking success with the X-1 dragster and its 2,500 pound thrust rocket enabled Reaction Dynamics to consider scaling up to a 22,500 pound thrust engine using liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen peroxide.“It was built to go supersonic. Finally, on October 28, Gabelich and the Blue Flame averaged 617.602 mph on the first run and 627.207 on the second for a new land speed record of 622.407.He said afterward that he thought the Blue Flame might be able to reach 750 mph, beyond the sound barrier. 23 October 1970 – the date Gary Gabelich set a new World Land Speed Record, driving his jet-powered car The Blue Flame at the Bonneville Salt Flats.622.407 mph – the record breaking speed recorded for the measured mile (1,001.667 km/h).630.389 mph – the speed recorded for the flying kilometre (1,014.513 km/h).5 years – the length of time the previous record had stood (4 years, 11 months, 8 days) set by Craig Breedlove in Spirit o… The motor delivered 2,500 pounds of thrust using hydrogen peroxide as the propellant. The land speed record came to the United States in 1904 when Henry Ford wanted to prove to the world that his cars were built better than anyone else’s,” notes one speed-record historian in Australia.National pride was often at stake as British, American, French, Belgian, German, and Italian teams fielded competing machines. Jet engines began pushing the land record to previously unthinkable levels.Over a two-month period in 1967, the X-1 raced every major turbojet-powered dragster in the nation – and had a lower elapsed time in each race.The speed enthusiasts also formed a company called Reaction Dynamics Inc. The Blue Flame ist ein Raketenauto.Es wurde von der Reaction Dynamics Inc. gebaut, die von Pete Farnsworth, Ray Dausman und Dick Keller (vom IIT) gegründet wurde.Als Treibstoff dient dem eingesetzten Flüssigkeitsraketentriebwerk ein diergoles Gemisch aus Flüssigerdgas („LNG“) und Wasserstoffperoxid.Die hinter der Schubdüse sichtbare blaue Flamme war der Anlass für den Namen „Blue … “This showed well on the drag strips and within a season was outrunning the top-fuellers and jet dragsters,” the article added. “It was a promotion of the safety and usefulness of liquefied natural gas.” Pete Farnsworth explained in a 2007 interview.On January 12 at Lake St. Clair, Michigan, near Detroit, Ford bounced his Ford Arrow across the frozen lake to reach an average speed of 91.37 mph. So we really had dialed it back for what was intended to be the first year of a multiyear project.”With some adjustments, Keller has long believed his LNG rocket car could still be a contender.Art Arfons’ Green Monster set a land speed record of 434 mph in 1964 – powered by a jet engine.“Pathetic, since Breedlove’s Spirit of America is in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and The Blue Flame’s roots were in Chicago, and it was built in Milwaukee,” lamented Dick Keller.The article explained that Keller and Dausman often lunched together.