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In Russia, Snowblowers Use Mig-15 Jets
12:00AM Jesus Diaz | I like when secrets are finally revealed, like the crazy Sukhoi Su-35 ejection. And I absolutely love it when the answers are really weird, like with the strange jet truck mystery I posted about on Tuesday. More »
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ATV Powered By A Jet Engine Could Be Batman’s Golf Cart
9:40AM Mark Wilson
Batman normally likes to stretch his legs and have trunkspace for a few accidental dead bodies. But he might pilot an ATV powered by a jet engine on a weekend at the links. More »
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F-4 Ejection Seat Sticks It To Work In Style, Overkill
11:20PM Mark Wilson | Maybe you fantasise about leaving that shitty office job for something else like, I dunno, opening a charming B&B on the coast or being Maverick from Top Gun. Well this is how you quit. More »
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Just $US1200 Stands Between You And Death By Jet Bike
12:00AM Mark Wilson | Last year, we raved about a crazy/genius pulsejet engine bicycle builder named Robert Maddox. Now you can buy his biggest and baddest engine on eBay. More »
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320KPH Bike Uses US Military Cruise Missile Engines
2:20AM Jesus Diaz | 320kph in 7.887 seconds. That and liquified brains when you smash against a concrete wall is what this superbike will get you. I wish we could see the end of the run in this fiery video. More »
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Predator C Avenger Revealed, Now Kills Kills Faster Faster
10:50PM Jesus Diaz | These are the first images of the stealthy Predator C Avenger in flight. With a 20 metre wingspan, the latest and deadliest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle yet can fly for 20 hours powered by its jet engine. More »
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Hobbyist Building World’s Fastest Car Out of a Fighter Jet
9:40AM Adam Frucci | Your hobby sucks compared to Ed Shadle’s; in his free time, he’s converting an old fighter jet into a land vehicle capable of going 1280kph. More »
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King of Fighters F-22 Gets Killed by Humble T-38 Training Plane
11:10PM Jesus Diaz | Stephen Trimble—master of all things flying—has found this video that apparently shows a T-38 training fighter shooting down the theoretically invincible F-22 Raptor in a combat training exercise—first kill documented on video ever. More »
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British Airways’ Last Concorde May Become Dubai Novelty
9:00AM Wilson Rothman | It’s like those sci-fi rich guys who collect everything including somebody’s frozen head, only it’s real: Dubai collectors—possibly the same ones turning the QE2 ocean liner into a hotel—are trying to buy BA’s last Concorde. More »
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