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Dec 23, 2005 | 06:30 PM

Racerguy

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Crosswind testing

http://www.wimp.com/crosswinds/

Dec 23, 2005 | 07:02 PM

Ultramagdan

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That was cool Dave!

What you may not know is that it probably costs more to operate that jet then the cars were worth.

Note to self: do not taxi the Skyhawk behind the 747. The 747 only used 2 of the 4 engines for that demo.

Dec 24, 2005 | 01:02 AM

Ford51

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Man, I wanna see them teest it with the cars in FRONT of the engines

Dec 24, 2005 | 04:31 AM

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From: peggs, oklahoma

screw the cars,,,i wanna see him run in front of the jet engines..lor behind..

Dec 24, 2005 | 09:58 AM

stu37d

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Figure those turbines would have to be replaced after throwing something into them- what, a cool million??? let's do it!

Dec 24, 2005 | 10:51 AM

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Good use of a Citroen

Dec 24, 2005 | 11:39 AM

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I was in Grenada and things were winding down, so they let the press in for a photo op. They wanted pics of a group walking in a C-141 back though the tailgate, to show on TV when the conflict was over. So we got in a couple lines and walked in - wasn't dramatic enough.

They had us stand behind the jet and they fired the engines up. They fine tuned it for that "perfect shot". At one point I must have been leaning over at 45 deg. The rocks and heat were something else. It blew this one light guy over and he went sliding across the pavement. They finally got it right and we dragged ourselves on the plane. It was too hot to breath and when they shut down the engines, the tropical heat felt cool.

Thanks for the clip...

All these years I've wondered how bad that could have been.