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Posted: 8/6/2015 4:35:20 PM EDT

It seemed like it would work on paper, I'm sure.

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:39:02 PM EDT

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It seemed like it would work on paper, I'm sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYZ1LjsbxVA

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For those of us that can't see shit.

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:42:18 PM EDT

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Dude needed some redbull.

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:43:12 PM EDT

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Kenny FUCKING Powers!

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:46:13 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/6/2015 4:46:51 PM EDT

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It seemed like it would work on paper, I'm sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYZ1LjsbxVA

For those of us that can't see shit.

THANK YOU

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:47:22 PM EDT

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HILARIOUS.

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:47:30 PM EDT

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Hold my keg and watch this

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:51:50 PM EDT

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He was going to jump a mile?

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:52:53 PM EDT

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That actually went way better than I thought it would.

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:57:03 PM EDT

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Jumping a mile in a Lincoln.......what could go wrong

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:57:45 PM EDT

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He chickened out like Evel and pulled the chute too soon

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:58:09 PM EDT

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You had me at "modified Lincoln Continental with jets."

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:58:48 PM EDT

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He needs to leave the water jumping to the pros.

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:59:21 PM EDT

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they almost killed Kenny

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:59:24 PM EDT

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I've seen it before, but this.

He got going WAY faster than I expected. IF the car staying in once piece, and the parachutes deployed at the correct time, he may have been damn close.

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:59:37 PM EDT

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Looks like the parachutes went off way too soon. It didn't start falling apart until that sudden stop. If he'd have coasted for another couple seconds, he might have made it.

Posted: 8/6/2015 4:59:44 PM EDT

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Probably would have been worse without the parachute

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:02:01 PM EDT

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Failure when the chute open.

Same thing happen to Evil. Dead man switch on the release lever.

Well at least the car floated.

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:03:33 PM EDT

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I remember watching that. I laughed then, I laughed now.

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:04:15 PM EDT

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"Son your gonna drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop driving that hot rod Lincoln"

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:05:57 PM EDT

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Needs to turn into an "eject" meme.....

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:10:35 PM EDT

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Looks like the chutes blew out of the packs at the same time aero forces shredded the bodywork.

What part of center of aerodynamic pressure didn't he understand?

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:12:54 PM EDT

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His wife was hot, probably not so much now

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:14:07 PM EDT

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Did they video that in a pool, filled with milk, at night, during a total eclipse?

Who held his beer while he made the jump?

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:18:39 PM EDT

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When I think of a car that is light, aerodynamic and airworthy the mid 70's Lincoln is the first car that comes to mind.

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:33:42 PM EDT

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Looks like the chutes blew out of the packs at the same time aero forces shredded the bodywork.

What part of center of aerodynamic pressure didn't he understand?

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all of it

Posted: 8/6/2015 5:37:03 PM EDT

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When I think of a car that is light, aerodynamic and airworthy the mid 70's Lincoln is the first car that comes to mind.

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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:49:59 PM EDT

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[Start Professor Sutwell]

Oh, no wonder: I forgot to carry the 2.

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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:59:24 PM EDT

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The Wile E. Coyote music was perfect for that airborne abortion.

Posted: 8/6/2015 6:05:22 PM EDT

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Those dinky little wings really made that tank fly.

Posted: 8/6/2015 6:16:58 PM EDT

[#31]

This thread needs more Commander Cody!!!

Posted: 8/6/2015 6:19:09 PM EDT

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This thread needs more Commander Cody!!!

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Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin', if you don't stop jumpin' that Hot Rod Lincoln

Posted: 8/6/2015 6:20:33 PM EDT

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Those dinky little wings really made that tank fly.

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Hey , he got an extra 3-4 feet out of them

Posted: 8/6/2015 6:24:47 PM EDT

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Oh, no wonder: I forgot to carry the 2.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkhGmZPJIHY

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Posted: 8/6/2015 6:37:08 PM EDT

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Kenny FUCKING Powers!

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You're fucking out, I'm fucking in!

Posted: 8/6/2015 6:46:50 PM EDT

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Did they video that in a pool, filled with milk, at night, during a total eclipse?

Who held his beer while he made the jump?

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It was 1976. That film was probably considered high definition at the time. Also, he was probably holding his own beer as he attempted the jump.

Posted: 8/6/2015 6:58:45 PM EDT

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YouTube search Jim Bailey stuntman

Posted: 8/6/2015 7:17:39 PM EDT

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It seemed like it would work on paper, I'm sure.

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Well... it worked for Hooper didn't it?

Posted: 8/6/2015 7:47:02 PM EDT

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Air o dynamics....how does they work..

These were good times when I was a kid.

Posted: 8/6/2015 8:45:22 PM EDT

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Looks like the chutes blew out of the packs at the same time aero forces shredded the bodywork.

What part of center of aerodynamic pressure didn't he understand?

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yeah, thats when....something...happens...., and..... stuff....... in closing; its a bad thing.

Posted: 8/6/2015 8:46:06 PM EDT

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Hey , he got an extra 3-4 feet out of them

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Those dinky little wings really made that tank fly.

Hey , he got an extra 3-4 feet out of them

those wings were also upside down....more traction ?

Posted: 8/6/2015 8:57:22 PM EDT

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Stupid thing to even attempt.

Posted: 8/6/2015 8:58:08 PM EDT

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I first saw that on Faces of Death IIRC. I thought it was one of the funniest things I had ever seen up to that point.

Love how the Lincoln blew apart from the slipstream.

Posted: 8/6/2015 8:58:21 PM EDT

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Stupid thing to even attempt.

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It was the seventies. Lots of Trans Fats and Trans Ams

Posted: 8/6/2015 9:02:36 PM EDT

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"Saw that comin'. Not enough duct tape." - Red Green

Posted: 8/6/2015 9:24:25 PM EDT

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"Son your gonna drive me to drinkin'

If you don't stop driving that hot rod Lincoln"

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My dad would be proud!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7l7nDuj1o

Posted: 8/6/2015 9:26:58 PM EDT

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He spent a million dollars on a fucking Lincoln?
Are you sure he's white?

Posted: 8/6/2015 9:31:26 PM EDT

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Powers is lucky, he has broken his back.

Posted: 8/6/2015 9:34:34 PM EDT

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When I think of a car that is light, aerodynamic and airworthy the mid 70's Lincoln is the first car that comes to mind.

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Should have used an AMC Gremlin

Posted: 8/6/2015 9:40:59 PM EDT

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Stupid thing to even attempt.

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That would be my thot. Stunt drivers & bull riders... breakin' bones doesn't seem to be much of a living, and the mad poooooooon-tang they're supposed to get sure ain't worth that.

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