In a comment to Friday's post about an airport van being sucked into a jet engine intake, reader Al in Ottawa provided the link to a Top Gear video showing what happens when motor vehicles pass too close to the other side of a jet engine. It's impressive. Watch it in full-screen mode for best results.
I'm glad I wasn't in either of them . . . or that airport van!
Peter
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Heh, I'd like to see them try that with a Phantom in full burner... :-)
Here's a clip from 1993 showing what happens to a pickup.
I think Mythbusters did a school bus, too.
https://youtu.be/DFP4xl0V0mk
Here's a video from Feb 1991 of an A6 mishap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unXNdrtf2_g
His helmet got ripped off his head and shut the engine down.
While you're at it.....
https://nightlandsredoubt.blogspot.com/2016/09/trust-me.html?showComment=1473731418410#c5410889969405946197
more screwed-up engineering goodness.
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