Whenever I think ” jet-powered ” I think of rocketpacks and blasting off to the moon with a bubble helmet on and then playing hide-and-seek amongst the craters. Secondly, I think of danger and how much fun it is almost dying but then escaping death at the last second and flipping the grim reaper the bird right when he’s reaching for you with his scythe. Yeah, I do that all the time. But one thing I don’t do all the time (or ever for that matter) is ride a rocket-powered merry-go-round. It just looks too tame. Admittedly, the carousel’s shoddy construction did look promising in the beginning, but in the end it’s just two guys who might have well taped bottle rockets to their backs. I WANTED TO SEE ONE OF THOSE BITCHES LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT! Or at least a tree. Hurt video needs more hurt. Skip to 1:30 for the action. And I did like the flames. Madmen cling to jet-powered merry-go-round [theregister] Thanks to srvr, who hates vowels.

This is a video of an F-18 Hornet buzzing some guy’s head so close you can taste the jet fuel . Now I’m not saying this thing would kill you if it hit you, but it would certainly mess your hair up. Also, not to brag or nothin’, but one time I let a jet land ON MY FACE. Now who’s the man?! F-18 Hornet Ultra Low High Speed Fly By [todaysbigthing] Thanks to Matt, who once flew a prop-plane through a barn and accidentally hit a chicken.

Chris Lentz, instead of going the classy route and getting a pair of truck nuts, decided to throw a Czech built Motorlet M-701 turbojet in the bed of his truck . The fifty-five-year-old electrical foreman from Jackson, Michigan, had longed for a jet-powered truck for decades. Two years ago, Lentz discovered a way to realize his dream when he met a pilot from New York who imported used turbojet engines. After watching an example run on a test stand, Lentz paid $10,000 for one. Unfortunately, it’s pretty unimpressive. Without jet assist, Lentz’s 231-hp V-8 accelerated its 6600-pound burden (truck, jet engine, two occupants) to 60 mph in a sluggish 14.5 seconds. The best of three runs in hybrid mode - exploiting both piston and jet propulsion - trimmed six seconds from the sprint to 60 mph. The quarter-mile speed jumped 30 mph and we achieved 140 mph after 45 seconds of acceleration. Wow. You could probably tape bottle rockets to your bumper and go faster. Just sayin’, HAPPY CANADA DAY! Somebody burn themself with a firework for me. Video after the jump.

This is a test demonstrating what happens when a foreign object enters a jet engine before buying it dinner first. Wide Body, Blade-Out Jet Engine Test. Short video showing what happens when a foreign object such as a large bird is ingested in a jet engine. You don’t want to be onboard!!!! The joke during training was that you could ingest a 5 lb. bird at 250 kts………. or a 250 lb bird at 5 kts. They actually have a “chicken gun” they use to fire the chickens into the engines for these tests. Damn! Did that just say chicken gun? I want a chicken gun. Youtube Thanks to Ain, who once sucked a mourning dove into his jetpack’s engine and had to crash land in a tree, where he befriended a squirrel. Yay for happy endings!