Skycycle X-2
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The Skycycle X-2 was a steam-powered rocket owned by Evel Knievel and flown during his Snake River Canyon jump in Idaho in 1974.
Evel Knievel's X-2-2 Skycycle on display at the Harley-Davidson Museum in 2010
Monument near the Perrine Bridge
Twin Falls, Idaho
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Twin Falls is the county seat of and the largest city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The population was 51,807 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 55,589 in 2024. In the Magic Valley
Skycycle X-2
…designed by Truax and ridden by Knievel in his attempt to jump the Snake River approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Shoshone Falls near the city of Twin Falls, Idaho, on September 8, 1974. A later analysis showed that a design flaw in a mechanical parachute retention cover that did not properly take base drag into…
Downtown Twin Falls in 2016
View of Twin Falls, 1934
Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho
Statue of I.B. Perrine, founder of Twin Falls, Idaho