Rocket-powered Lincoln Continental tries to jump over river

[youtalkfunny]

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]

How did they not see that coming?

[Teetster]

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]

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

[lippy]

LOL AERODYNAMICAMENTS

[eviljeff]

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

[casey_brick]

Someone please tell me this whole thing is a joke. There is now [censored] way this guy coulda thought that was gonna work.

[miw210]

lol'ed when car fell into the water after going 10ft

[-beavs-]

i love the commentator after seeing the footage for a while... "power's jump was unsuccessful". no [censored]!

[MrMon]

As soon as he hits the end of the ramp, the drogue chute deploys and the car slows down dramatically. I kind of wonder if he knew it wasn't going to make it and aborted it himself. I'd have to do the physics equations, but something tells me he never had a chance, and he knew it.