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Re: When geeks have time on their hands...

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Wasn't there a Darwin award for something similar to this where a guy strapped a missle to an Impala.........and, well....to make a long story short, decided the gene pool was too crowded to stay in.
Supposedly a guy strapped a JATO rocket to his car (Urban Legend). It states that a guy strapped it on, fired it off and became airborne and hit a mountain. JATO stands for Jet assisted Take Off. Once lit, it can not be shut off.
Mythbusters proved it wouldn't work.
I saw the Navy's Blue Angels C-130 use them. It's very impressive to see a C-130 take off at about a 45 degree angle
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