article_snippet: It was a feat many deemed impossible, with previous attempts ending in fatalities and failure.
article_snippet: Magga Dan left us at the end of January 1957.
article_snippet: Meteorologist Hannes le Grange documented wind speeds nearing 60 knots .
article_snippet: A cavalcade of machines would roar down here in 1958 .
article_snippet: One of our Sno-Cats, Haywire, was returned by ship to London and then went on a tour of towns all over England, arranged by  major sponsor, British Petroleum.
article_snippet: Here Bunny is speaking to a crowd of people in Trafalgar Square on May 14, 1958 .