On September 8th, 1974, famous daredevil Evel Knievel climbed into a steam-powered rocket and attempted to blast across Idaho's Snake River Canyon. ...more. From: AERIAL AMERICA: Idaho...

2013年6月24日 · On May 7, 2011, he glided 8,000 feet (2,438 meters) above the canyon floor (200 feet above the rim) for more than eight minutes, hitting speeds of 190 mph. The flight took place over the Hualapai...

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2024年9月7日 · Over Labor Day weekend, Twin Falls, Idaho, held a 50th anniversary celebration of the September day in 1974 when Evel Knievel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket. Twin Falls is a city of about 50,000 people in southern Idaho, but in 1974 it was less than half that size, and it was bracing for—and dreading—the ...

Credit: Discovery Communications The Grand Canyon jump on May 20, 1999, was one of Knievel's most famous jumps. [13] . The jump was partially based on Robbie's father's desire to perform a...

2022年7月18日 · In September 1974, famous American stuntman, entertainer and entrepreneur Evel Knievel attempted to jump the 1600 foot span of the Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho. On a steam-powered X2 “skycycle” he took off in front of thousands of spectators live and millions more watching on TV.

2021年10月27日 · Fans can climb to the berm's top to gain Knievel's pre-jump perspective of the Snake River Canyon. Twin Falls is located approximately a mile south of Interstate 84 in southern Idaho. There are...

2022年11月2日 · This is where motorcycle legend Evel Knievel tried, and failed, to jump a rocket-powered bike across the Snake River Canyon in 1974. Amazingly, most of this jump still exists today, and is open to visitors .

In his risk-taking heyday, nothing seemed to intimidate the notorious motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel. Not even the 500-foot-deep, quarter-mile-wide Snake River Canyon, which he famously attempted to jump on a steam-powered skycycle in September 1974.

2021年10月28日 · On Sept. 8, 1974, the world sat glued to their televisions as Robert “Evel” Knievel attempted to jump Snake River on a rocket motorcycle. The jump spanned more than a mile over the south ridge of the canyon, but his parachute malfunctioned and opened as he launched off the end of the ramp.