On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:32:50 -0500, "dadiOH" <[email protected]>
>Locally, something similar happened a couple of days ago. A woman was
>speeding, lost control and the car was airborne for 200 feet. Hit a tree
>15' up. She didn't survive.
Remember reading on the Darwin Awards about a guy who hooked up a JAT
engine (jet assisted takeoff) to the top of his car. He flew himself
into the side of a mountain at 300 mph. He didn't survive either.
Don't know if the story is true, but there's certainly enough stupid
people around to consider it possible.
I heard a case in the early 50's in the desert outside of
El Paso - Biggs AFB. Might have been the source of Az and others.
Martin
On 3/9/2014 12:26 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 12:41:35 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:32:50 -0500, "dadiOH" <[email protected]>
>>> Locally, something similar happened a couple of days ago. A woman was
>>> speeding, lost control and the car was airborne for 200 feet. Hit a tree
>>> 15' up. She didn't survive.
>
> When we were living in NY, the parents of a HS kid bought their 16YO
> son a ZR-1 for his 16th birthday. One night his GF dumped him and he
> did much the same.
>
>> Remember reading on the Darwin Awards about a guy who hooked up a JAT
>> engine (jet assisted takeoff) to the top of his car. He flew himself
>> into the side of a mountain at 300 mph. He didn't survive either.
>> Don't know if the story is true, but there's certainly enough stupid
>> people around to consider it possible.
>
> It's not true but it does sound plausible enough to be so, these days.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp
>
That is a treecar a wheeled/steel version of a treehouse.
Martin
On 3/9/2014 11:32 AM, dadiOH wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I've received many remarkable nature photographs over the
>> years but the photo of a nesting Falcon in perhaps the
>> most remarkable nature shot that I've ever seen.
>>
>> I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Nature is truly
>> breath-taking!
>>
>> A FALCON NESTING IN A TREE
>>
>> http://i.imgur.com/YW6Fufm.jpg
>
> Cute :)
>
> Locally, something similar happened a couple of days ago. A woman was
> speeding, lost control and the car was airborne for 200 feet. Hit a tree
> 15' up. She didn't survive.
>
>
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> I've received many remarkable nature photographs over the
> years but the photo of a nesting Falcon in perhaps the
> most remarkable nature shot that I've ever seen.
>
> I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Nature is truly
> breath-taking!
>
> A FALCON NESTING IN A TREE
>
> http://i.imgur.com/YW6Fufm.jpg
Cute :)
Locally, something similar happened a couple of days ago. A woman was
speeding, lost control and the car was airborne for 200 feet. Hit a tree
15' up. She didn't survive.
--
dadiOH
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On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 12:41:35 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:32:50 -0500, "dadiOH" <[email protected]>
>>Locally, something similar happened a couple of days ago. A woman was
>>speeding, lost control and the car was airborne for 200 feet. Hit a tree
>>15' up. She didn't survive.
When we were living in NY, the parents of a HS kid bought their 16YO
son a ZR-1 for his 16th birthday. One night his GF dumped him and he
did much the same.
>Remember reading on the Darwin Awards about a guy who hooked up a JAT
>engine (jet assisted takeoff) to the top of his car. He flew himself
>into the side of a mountain at 300 mph. He didn't survive either.
>Don't know if the story is true, but there's certainly enough stupid
>people around to consider it possible.
It's not true but it does sound plausible enough to be so, these days.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp