Slightly OT, IHRA Nationals

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

Ahh... jet engines.

Try standing behind an F-14 (not immediately behind obviously) on the
flight deck of an aircraft carrier.  One of those things will pick up
a penny 50ft away and "ingest" it.  It's one of those things that are
so loud that even with hearing protection it will disorient you and
keep you from completing a thought in your mind.  A-6 Intruders were
really loud too, not to mention the A-6B Prowlers would actually make
the front of the carrier bounce like a diving board.

By comparison F-18's aren't nearly as loud.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqcqbCoREv0&mode=related&search=

While searching for the above vid I found this magnificent jackass...
I had to chuckle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbozaOut-0


> I've witnessed the sandblasting effect first hand, and it scared the
> living crap out of me.  I was in the old rickety over-the-track
> walkway at your hometown raceway, standing behind a plexiglass window
> as a jet car was doing it's show directly in front of us.  It felt
> like the walkway was going to come crashing down as the afterburner
> blast washed over it and violently shook the windows and plywood
> walls.  We shouldn't have been allowed to stand where we were, but it
> was a very cool experience...
>
> Later,
>
> Mark.
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