Rocket-powered Lincoln Continental tries to jump over river

youtalkfunny · #1 03-19-2007, 01:06 PM

How is it that I never heard of this?

It's from the 1970's. Guy puts a rocket in his Lincoln, guns it up to 280 mph, and takes off from an 8-story high ramp, in an attempt to jump the St Laurence River from Canada to New York.

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

(Glad to see the Laughs/Links forum is back on its feet.)

Dromar · #2 03-19-2007, 01:55 PM

How did they not see that coming?

Teetster · #3 03-19-2007, 04:29 PM

If you're going to go to that much trouble to build a car and a huge ass ramp to jump over a river - maybe - you should consider some aerodynamics in the equation.

I bet it had enough velocity to make it over but there is no way that car was going to fly anywhere with those tiny wings on it.

conneti · #4 03-19-2007, 04:51 PM

He hardly even made it into the water.. I'd like to see someone actually attempt to jump it.

lippy · #5 03-19-2007, 06:59 PM

LOL AERODYNAMICAMENTS

eviljeff · #6 03-20-2007, 02:30 AM

honestly, 3 secs into it I was like "no [censored] way"