Ripley's Believe it or Not

[OCBob]

Just saw a segment on Ripley's with a Viper racing a F-16 in the 1/2 mile. The F-16 won, but only by 2 tenths.

 

[ViperJeff]

Just saw a segment on Ripley's with a Viper racing a F-16 in the 1/2 mile. The F-16 won, but only by 2 tenths.

F-16's are designed for speed........With the wheels up

 

[OCBob]

F-16's are designed for speed........With the wheels up

The wheels were up by the time it was down the runway that far. It was cool to see, the guy driving the Viper was the head designer.

 

[Hamrhead]

Pretty sure I saw that on one of the Viper boards.:rock:

 

[Kevan]

I busted Ripley's 2 years ago. On their TV show they showed a guy pulling the "world's first triple-twising quad"- 4 backflips with 3 full twists- on skis. I let them know that a guy named Frankie Baer did it more than 15 years earlier in Big Bear, CA.....on film (Dick Barrymore's "Ski Madness").
Of course, I never heard back from them.

Here's another Car vs. Plane video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuyFv_tMRj4

Now THAT'S fast.

 

[viprtek]

F1 Car are flat out fast. Smoked that Jet!!!

 

[Begood]

That is a cool vid, but that is not an F1 car. It is a CART Champ car owned by the Forsythe Racing Team.

Bill.