Title: Spyker vs F16
Post by: nopanic - neil on April 29, 2007, 12:13:35 am
Found this on the net
Formula One car "Spyker F8-VII" takes on F-16 fighter jet - Guess who wins?
More than ten thousand spectators gathered at the Royal Netherlands Air Force base in Volkels, Holland, to witness an astonishing "Full Throttle" racing event:
A Spyker F8-VII race car, powered by a Ferrari engine, and "piloted" by Formula One driver Christijan Albers went head-to-head against Air Force pilot Ralph "Sheik" Staal's F-16 fighter jet.
The Spyker F8-VII was faster than the F-16 over the first 300 metres. However at the closing meters of 1 kilometer race, the plane just proved to have more acceleration. They finished with only two car lengths difference.
"It was a tight race..." said Albers. 450 km/h in 15.5 seconds. If James Bond needed to catch that F-16, chasing it from his car, he would need the help of some special effects. No car can do it yet, but the race is getting tighter.
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/230/469605850_dc3c8b775f_o.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/469599614_d21a791a22.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/469616029_6f6f8a4fb8.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/469599700_183fc89504.jpg)
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(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/469616171_f51dc145ba.jpg)
Formula One car "Spyker F8-VII" takes on F-16 fighter jet - Guess who wins?
More than ten thousand spectators gathered at the Royal Netherlands Air Force base in Volkels, Holland, to witness an astonishing "Full Throttle" racing event:
A Spyker F8-VII race car, powered by a Ferrari engine, and "piloted" by Formula One driver Christijan Albers went head-to-head against Air Force pilot Ralph "Sheik" Staal's F-16 fighter jet.
The Spyker F8-VII was faster than the F-16 over the first 300 metres. However at the closing meters of 1 kilometer race, the plane just proved to have more acceleration. They finished with only two car lengths difference.
"It was a tight race..." said Albers. 450 km/h in 15.5 seconds. If James Bond needed to catch that F-16, chasing it from his car, he would need the help of some special effects. No car can do it yet, but the race is getting tighter.
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/230/469605850_dc3c8b775f_o.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/469599614_d21a791a22.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/469616029_6f6f8a4fb8.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/469599700_183fc89504.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/213/469599672_9c64daf2a9.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/469616171_f51dc145ba.jpg)
