Guinness World Record

On May 16th, 2001 while filming a segment for the Ripley's Believe It or Not show, Billy  "Rocketman"  Copeland set a new Guinness World Record of 98.5 M.P.H. for rocket powered luge after firing 15 of 24 rockets. A new rocketluge equipped with a 48 engine high powered rocket launching system will be placed in a permanent display with several of his other luge's at the Customs House Museum in Clarksville, TN.