5/2/2015
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Craig Arfons
Born: September 26, 1949
Died: July 9, 1989
Buried: East Liberty Cemetery, Green, Ohio
Age: 39
Full Name: Jon Craig Arfons
Nickname:
Location: Lake Jackson, Sebring, Florida
Event: world water speed record attempt
Accident Date: July 9, 1989
Boat: "Rain-X Record Challenger" 25-foot jet hydroplane
Biographical: He was trying to break the world water speed record of 317.6 MPH set by Ken Warby in 1978. He was traveling about 370 MPH and let the afterburner run a few seconds longer than he initially had planned. By the time he shut down the afterburner and released the chute, it was too late. The craft lifted off the lake surface and the boat started to tumble out of control, disintegrating as it impacted. He was transported to Highlands Regional Medical Center where he died about an hour after arriving. He was from Bradenton, Florida. His father was Walt Arfons and his uncle was Art Arfons, both land speed record holders from the 1960s.
Sources
"Bradenton man killed as boat flips," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 10, 1989
"Officials are checking out Arfons death," Ocala Star-Banner, July 11, 1989
"Racer Arfons died when boat became airborne," Gainesville Sun, July 23, 1989
"Boat racers run at record ends in death at 370 MPH," Orlando Sentinel, July 10, 1989
Norman Hechtkoff, e-mail communication to site administrator, August 8, 2010
Florida Death Index (Jon Craig Arfons, born Sep. 26, 1949, died July 9, 1989, in Highlands Co., age 39)
Find A Grave contributor c.walker has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Jon Arfons.
Link to memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87673047
Link to contributor profile: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=47554717
Their suggestion:
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Craig Arfons
Born: September 26, 1949
Died: July 9, 1989
Buried: East Liberty Cemetery, Green, Ohio
Age: 39
Full Name: Jon Craig Arfons
Nickname:
Location: Lake Jackson, Sebring, Florida
Event: world water speed record attempt
Accident Date: July 9, 1989
Boat: "Rain-X Record Challenger" 25-foot jet hydroplane
Biographical: He was trying to break the world water speed record of 317.6 MPH set by Ken Warby in 1978. He was traveling about 370 MPH and let the afterburner run a few seconds longer than he initially had planned. By the time he shut down the afterburner and released the chute, it was too late. The craft lifted off the lake surface and the boat started to tumble out of control, disintegrating as it impacted. He was transported to Highlands Regional Medical Center where he died about an hour after arriving. He was from Bradenton, Florida. His father was Walt Arfons and his uncle was Art Arfons, both land speed record holders from the 1960s.
Sources
"Bradenton man killed as boat flips," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 10, 1989
"Officials are checking out Arfons death," Ocala Star-Banner, July 11, 1989
"Racer Arfons died when boat became airborne," Gainesville Sun, July 23, 1989
"Boat racers run at record ends in death at 370 MPH," Orlando Sentinel, July 10, 1989
Norman Hechtkoff, e-mail communication to site administrator, August 8, 2010
Florida Death Index (Jon Craig Arfons, born Sep. 26, 1949, died July 9, 1989, in Highlands Co., age 39)
5/2/2015
Find A Grave contributor c.walker has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Jon Arfons.
Link to memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87673047
Link to contributor profile: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=47554717
Their suggestion:
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Craig Arfons
Born: September 26, 1949
Died: July 9, 1989
Buried: East Liberty Cemetery, Green, Ohio
Age: 39
Full Name: Jon Craig Arfons
Nickname:
Location: Lake Jackson, Sebring, Florida
Event: world water speed record attempt
Accident Date: July 9, 1989
Boat: "Rain-X Record Challenger" 25-foot jet hydroplane
Biographical: He was trying to break the world water speed record of 317.6 MPH set by Ken Warby in 1978. He was traveling about 370 MPH and let the afterburner run a few seconds longer than he initially had planned. By the time he shut down the afterburner and released the chute, it was too late. The craft lifted off the lake surface and the boat started to tumble out of control, disintegrating as it impacted. He was transported to Highlands Regional Medical Center where he died about an hour after arriving. He was from Bradenton, Florida. His father was Walt Arfons and his uncle was Art Arfons, both land speed record holders from the 1960s.
Sources
"Bradenton man killed as boat flips," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 10, 1989
"Officials are checking out Arfons death," Ocala Star-Banner, July 11, 1989
"Racer Arfons died when boat became airborne," Gainesville Sun, July 23, 1989
"Boat racers run at record ends in death at 370 MPH," Orlando Sentinel, July 10, 1989
Norman Hechtkoff, e-mail communication to site administrator, August 8, 2010
Florida Death Index (Jon Craig Arfons, born Sep. 26, 1949, died July 9, 1989, in Highlands Co., age 39)
Find A Grave contributor c.walker has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Jon Arfons.
Link to memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87673047
Link to contributor profile: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=47554717
Their suggestion:
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Craig Arfons
Born: September 26, 1949
Died: July 9, 1989
Buried: East Liberty Cemetery, Green, Ohio
Age: 39
Full Name: Jon Craig Arfons
Nickname:
Location: Lake Jackson, Sebring, Florida
Event: world water speed record attempt
Accident Date: July 9, 1989
Boat: "Rain-X Record Challenger" 25-foot jet hydroplane
Biographical: He was trying to break the world water speed record of 317.6 MPH set by Ken Warby in 1978. He was traveling about 370 MPH and let the afterburner run a few seconds longer than he initially had planned. By the time he shut down the afterburner and released the chute, it was too late. The craft lifted off the lake surface and the boat started to tumble out of control, disintegrating as it impacted. He was transported to Highlands Regional Medical Center where he died about an hour after arriving. He was from Bradenton, Florida. His father was Walt Arfons and his uncle was Art Arfons, both land speed record holders from the 1960s.
Sources
"Bradenton man killed as boat flips," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 10, 1989
"Officials are checking out Arfons death," Ocala Star-Banner, July 11, 1989
"Racer Arfons died when boat became airborne," Gainesville Sun, July 23, 1989
"Boat racers run at record ends in death at 370 MPH," Orlando Sentinel, July 10, 1989
Norman Hechtkoff, e-mail communication to site administrator, August 8, 2010
Florida Death Index (Jon Craig Arfons, born Sep. 26, 1949, died July 9, 1989, in Highlands Co., age 39)
