Waldo Stakes
American general contractor and designer of high speed vehicles
About Waldo Stakes
Born 1955. Waldo Stakes is an American designer and general contractor.
Waldo Stakes (born 23 November 1955) is an American general contractor and designer of high speed vehicles. Stakes is planning to break the world land speed record using a rocket car powered by a second-hand X-15 rocket engine, which he has named the Sonic Wind Land Speed Research Vehicle.
Stakes was a founder and one-time curator of the Saxon Aerospace Museum in Boron, California.
Stakes was a collaborator with "Mad" Mike Hughes in his attempts to achieve suborbital flight using a steam-driven rocket.
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Who is Waldo Stakes?
American general contractor and designer of high speed vehicles
When was Waldo Stakes born?
Waldo Stakes was born on 23 November 1955 in Chicago.
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Waldo Stakes is a designer and general contractor.
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Waldo Stakes is American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Waldo Stakes. https://biography.guide/waldo-stakes/
MLA: "Waldo Stakes." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/waldo-stakes/.
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