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: Thanks Bob. Wow what a shame that the other
: X-2 was crushed for no reason. I also
: noticed on some of the Evel documentaries it
: shows video of two test firings of skycycles
: and they both are X-1s. When I looked
: closer, they were showing the X-1 test
: launch from two different angles. I'd like
: to see video of the X-2 test firing.
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: There were only two x-2's. The thing is
: pretty
: simple..This was taken after the sept 8th
: jump. The only x2 that was crashed was the
: one from the jump itself. The test x-2
: landed in the river after the parachute
: opened. Landing in the river moving slowly
: because the parachute caused very little
: damage to the test rocket. It was since
: smashed i think by whoever bought it to
: better there claim that is was the real one.
: Remember the guy in canada was claiming it
: was the real x2 for years..
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: Here's a photo of the X-2s on the knievel
: collection sit.
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: I was noticing on the knievel collection
: site,
: there is a photo of two X-2 skycycles and
: the date was 1974. The skycycle in the
: foreground has a damaged nose and looks just
: like the one Evel traveled with. The
: skycycle in the background isn't damaged at
: all. Now the damaged skycycle has the same
: paint job like the skycycle that Evel jumped
: in except for the "Champion of
: Japan" flag and type on the tail. If
: the background skycycle was a test one, how
: come it isn't damaged? The non damaged
: background Skycycle looks like the one that
: is currently in the Evel Knievel museum in
: Niagara Falls. Here's my observation. The
: photo was taken before the Sept. 8 jump. The
: foreground Skycycle was a test X-2 and so
: was the background one. To me it looks like
: Evel had three X-2's made and the one he
: jumped in didn't have the "Champion of
: Japan" on the tail and that is the
: skycycle that is missing. Can someone help
: me understand?
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