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Subject: Truax
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 20:50:05 EDT
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From: Dale.Amon@CMU-RI-FAS

The last time I heard, Truax he was talking about a test launch in a year
or two with a man cramped into a nosecone for a suborbital flight and with a
parachute landing in the ocean. The rocket was at one time named
'Volksrocket'. It consists of various pieces of old rocket hardware plus a
number of Truax designed pieces.

It is also true that he designed the rocket bike the Evil Knevil used in his
attempt to jump the grand canyon. The attempt failed and Evil parachuted
into the canyon.

It is also true that Salvage One with Andy Griffith was somewhat loosely
based on him.

Truax was at one time involved with military rocket design, but I believe he
lost his job during the McCarthy purges. The man is not an amateur.