She ignored many warnings from her safety crew. 'Bad luck' wasn't a factor here.

Well said,

I used to wonder how it would feel to have a gf who could weld and fabricate better than I can. lol Awesome girl, she will be missed by many.

That's no joke. She was perfect in so many ways. Her achievement resume over on her fansite is the greatest resume that I have ever seen. She was an awesome cable personality, willing to do incredible awesome things, while presenting in a very friendly style.

had a crush on her since saw her first time as a mechanic- wow- a real mechanic- not talkin bout her sexy look-blonde hair- smile etc....

chevacamaro68 reality is she loved winning. None of think it’s worth dying when we’re dying.

What a hideous bunch of footage they must have created during the last outing. It seems sad that their vehicle retained the design of a jet and devoted little to the safety of the driver. I hope the family and crew do not feel responsible for the loss.

@Jim Jon Of all the cringe foreshadowing in this old broadcast I think the retention of the cockpit was truly sad. I can imagine Jesse James building survival cage that would double as a pipe organ to compete with this crew. The whole thing was careless and lazy.

At least she wasn’t speeding down the highway or hot rodding on a city street someplace, putting people in danger. Jessi had a electric personality and it’s too bad she went out the way that she did due to mechanical failure

Angel in the figurative sense. Not as in angel with feathery wings lol. But yes, she was definitely dusty. Her crash was horrific: massive blunt force trauma followed by a very bad fire

Wow - pounding on your back while going 100 mph? That would be last ride f/wife lol

Man, no kidding. Almost an understatement huh? :-( RIP JESSI

Hit the the nail on the head using a plane minus the wings not the right way to go u need to design and build a car from the ground up specifically for the task

I had absolutely no idea who she was until she crashed the eagle. She ignored warnings from safety crew(?) Regrettable

A roll cage would make the ejection seat useless.... Lol Neither work on a 500+ sudden rollover...

@@travisjames2878 So you lol when somebody dies. You're a sick individual, seek help!

@@highwaymen1237 loling your dumb comment... Which was really disrespectful... Do you think she was to incompetent to do a complete saftey check? Your comment makes it seem that way... In the full length documentary about her attempt.. She in instructed on ejection procedures... She then jokes about a 500mph sudden rollover... She knew the risk and did it anyway.. For that She has ALL my respect.....

@@travisjames2878 it's called balls and none of these keyboard geniuses know about that.

Any time someone leads off with "I'm an engineer" it's a good indicator that they are a fucking moron.

That was no dream you fool, but a death sentence

The biggest mistake was to repurpose a jet fighter as an LSR vehicle especially one with nicknames such as Flying coffin or Widow Maker.

@mike brink Andy Green the current LSR record holder said, going fast is optional, stopping isn't

Exactly, fuel. Speed records get parsed down to weird categories. jesi comb was the "fastest woman on FOUR wheels" (in reality, Eagle has 5 wheels, but that's just a detail lol). Kitty was on THREE wheels. Apparently the # of wheels is what it's all about, a very big deal. Whatever

i agree that american eagle still has a long way to go and once bloodhound gets running then its game over, bloodhound has both a hybrid rocket and an ej 200 jet engine { the ej200 nearly produces the same thrust as american eagle) and should be far lighter and aerodynamic than american eagle. thrust ssc has twin spey's from a british phantom not from a sr71 blackbird

Your exactly right I think I overreacted on that part it would of went faster with them but a little overkill thanks.

It's one j-79 also known for has a lm-1500 that powers the north american eagle project cause it's not a car it's a project. it's time too retire the chassis it's reached it's stress fatigue it's bloody dangerous!

i must admit the idea of using an aircraft fuselage as the chassis of a land vehicle worries me as the types of loads are very different. Its also a very old plane and even a little bit of corrosion can weaken aluminum greatly.

I watch a lady break the land speed record for females in the north american eagle @404mph that project still has a stick no steering wheel this car needs too retire cause at 404 mph she was lucky nothing went wrong if they don't stop that vehicle at that kind of speed with a stick too control it somebody his going too get hurt bad or killed retire that old frame please ED!

A Chaps terrain, stability, other things besides the actual engine and machine

Me and a friend built a lakester and raced at Bonneville for a few years so I know a little of all that it takes to race and hopefully set records there. We were there when the Brits had their new JCB diesel streamliner there trying to set a record. You talk about how NAE was out engineered and yes that is true but, what you don't know is the Brits don't have to rely solely on their own money or begging for sponsors, they get boat loads of $ from the government and the best engineers and all the best materials and equipment. I stood right next to that streamliner for hours and looked it over and believe me, no expense was spared it looked like it came right from NASA. And we talked to the crew quite a bit being that they were staying in the same hotel as we were in wendover and they told me how it was funded. Their entourage was at least 30 people for just that one vehicle, it was something to see, they had laptops that hooked right in the side of the car as it moved up the line, at least 2-3 vehicles that were plugged in to it, keeping all the fluids at operating temp, running scans ect. Truly a professional operation all around.

They did watch it again

They slow roll until 80mph.. Then they can go full throttle... Minimal debris after 80 is sucked in.. The exhaust thrust is kicking up all that dust...

I saw they had "S&S Turbine" written on the car so they had good engine maintenance.

Most people can't understand what drives people like Jessi to stretch the boundaries of possibility that we as humans impose on ourselves. People like Jessi are the people that create new limits and new dreams for the rest of us and I thank God every day for people like her who live life to the fullest instead of safely growing old and dying an average unremarkable life having done nothing to advance or change the world. We shouldn't mourn the passing of these people but celebrate the life they lived, and the legacy that is theirs forever. RIP Jessi!

@@twotwentyswift Maybe Most people might not ever understand what drives people like Jessi to follow such dreams, goals and ambitions and I guess in order to discover new things and advance risks have to be taken But life is precious and those who see value of life do mourn the loss of any life No matter how it was lost. What I don't understand is the desire to do something that very high risk and serves very little to discover anything new This so called speed sport makes very little sense when you actually think of it Travel across the face of the earth speeds that were never intended to be reached on the ground. to se a speed record? So she traveled at nearly 500 MPH. Millions of people do the same thing every year in a way that engineers and people a lot smarter than the rest of us designed it in aircraft. Jessi was not driving a car because there is no car on earth capable of reaching those speeds. They took an aircraft chopped off the wings and decided to fly it at speeds intended for the air across the ground. Who knows maybe some good will come from her loss But I cant see it other than some record being kept in a book somewhere that everyone will soon forget about. The only real thing that matters here is What Jessi Wanted It was her life and she did as she pleased with it and You cant knock her for that

@@etansmailliw7460 Your last 2 sentences sum it up nicely.

All that's required is for a member of a local club that is recognized by FIM to be present, and verify the data

No time to react and with type of machine she was driving, you don't put roll cages in a fighter jet because they can eject, this one just happens to be on wheels, that jet engine and the entire unit probably weighed 10,000 lbs, remember, this has about 50,000 HP now. That's insane power to be driving, even in the air, its a 50 50 chance now. She's a women that had guts because I don't think I could do that. 200 MPH is fast enough with me behind the wheel, that's scary as heck. So more than double that is WHICKED FAST !!! My heart goes out to all there that was the witnesses to it, but most of all, it took 9 minutes to get to her which had to be super hard to pull up from where it started, then ended up at those speeds.

@@JR-kr1lv The F104 actually had an ejection seat that ejected out the bottom of the aircraft. It probably killed more pilots than any other aircraft because of the short wingspan and the downward ejection seat.

The North American Eagle. F-104 on wheels.

you think?

Well said, marco. She ignored many warnings from safety crew. She thought she knew better - wrong

Do you believe in unicorns & bigfoot(?)

Patato Keftes Yep.👍🏼

Good speed is right! But she ignored all warnings from safety crew - avoidable death 😬😵

Nick Magee - Brown that's great !! that's about all Britain has done.

Nick Magee - Brown Mate, I don’t even think they’ll get the record at all.

@@bradfox5233 You're an idiot.

R.I.P