Bob Correll — United States

Bob Correll was born in Long Beach, California on January 7, 1942 and passed away at the age of 80 in 2022. Bob was famous for his long distance jumps with his kite cycle (which was designed by Doug Malewicki) and his riding of his jet powered bike where he reached speeds of 200 mph in a quarter of a mile. His longest jump was recorded at 423 feet using his kite cycle.

Above Photos: ©Jeff Werner

Freemont Dragstrip — 1976

Posing for some photos before his leap over two tractor trailers end-to-end.

Left: Checking out the takeoff ramp before the jump. Right: Doing some speed runs.

Special thanks to Daredevil Doug Klang who shot these photos of Bob's Freemont jump. Doug was 16 at the time.

John of CycleJumpers with Bob Correll in 2004. Doug was nice enough to take my very first photo with Evel Knievel when we were both at Galpin Ford in 2004.