At least I can go home and have dinner and see my cats tonight." Speaking afterwards, Hughes said: "Am I glad I did it? Yeah, I guess. In March last year, Hughes managed an altitude of 1,870ft (570m) before deploying his parachutes and landing with a bump. The daredevil, who lived in Apple Valley, made headlines internationally when he announced his intention to prove his theory that the Earth was flat. The rocket uses steam ejected through a nozzle for propulsion.
Mad Mike and his assistants built the homemade rocket in his backyard, spending around $18,000 (£14,000). He wouldn't have gone out any other way! RIP" he said. The man was the real deal and lived to push the edge. Hughes' publicist confirmed to US media outlets that it was the pilot who had been killed.ĭarren Shuster, a former representative for Hughes, told TMZ the daredevil was "one-of-a-kind". The sheriff's office said "a man was pronounced deceased after the rocket crashed in the open desert". San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said its officers were called to a rocket launch event at around 14:00 local time (22:00 GMT) on Saturday. In a tweet, the Science Channel said Hughes had died pursuing his dream. , a parachute can be seen trailing behind the rocket, apparently deployed too early, seconds after take-off. With the help of his partner Waldo Stakes, Hughes was trying to reach an altitude of 5,000ft (1,525m) while riding his steam-powered rocket. The project had to be carried out on a tight budget. Saturday's launch was reportedly filmed as part of Homemade Astronauts, a new TV series about amateur rocket makers to be aired on the US Science Channel. He hoped to prove his theory by going to space.
Hughes was well-known for his belief that the Earth was flat. "Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his steam-powered rocket shortly after take-off near Barstow on Saturday.Ī video on social media shows a rocket being fired into the sky before plummeting to the ground nearby. 'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocketĪ US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert.
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