Read this awhile ago, as I just can't get
over his awesome quote: "There's NOTHING like the feeling of the
Afterburner Kicking In!"
If you're a Bonneville Salt Flats devotee,
then you'll know the name Arfons, albeit the Arfons Y'all know is his
'legendous brother Art, who preceded Walt in death, and apparently the two
brothers had a healthy disdain for each other. And although Art was grabbing
the headlines by battling toe-to-toe with some 'Kat named Breedlove, as in
Craig Breedlove, the first American to go 400, 500 and 600mph in his series of
Spirit of America Jet-cars, nevertheless it was Walt Arfons who successfully
pioneered the use of surplus jet engines in racing cars... So hit that burner
once more Walt!