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.
(images credit: Autojunk.nl and Motorsport-Total)
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.
Here is a picture of another race – this time with a big rig:
Now up the stakes:
Lamborghini Reventon vs. the fighter jet (a Tornado F22) at the Ghedi airport in Italy. The Lamborghini Reventon almost won the race!
Here is the video of this event:
The spectacular sight of a jet fighter accelerating on a highway brings me to another topic:
The Low-Flying Aircraft
The following are photos of extremely low-flying planes, taken mostly at air shows. Starting with the Chinese “Su-30 Zhang Jia Jie”:
(image credit airliners.net)
(images credit: www.f-16.net)
Belgian MT-48 training airplane flying pretty low:
(Photo by Remco Donselaar, airliners.net)
Fly-by stunt over Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (click to enlarge):
(image courtesy: wrongcrowd.com)
These people should get away from C-17 cargo plane, and quickly:
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