🚀 SNAKE RIVER🚀 Evel Knievel attempted to jump across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho using a rocket powered cycle called the Skycycle X-2 on September 8 1974. The jump failed due to a parachute malfunction, but Knievel survived with minor injuries. | Preserving MX

🚀On September 8, 1974 Evel Knievel attempted the Snake River Canyon jump in his Skycycle X-2. The launch took place at the south rim of the Snake River Canyon, west of Shoshone Falls. The steam that powered the engine was heated to a temperature of 500 degrees. The drogue parachute prematurely deployed as the Skycycle left the launching rail and induced significant drag. Even though the craft made it all the way across the canyon to the north rim, the prevailing northwest winds caused it to dri