Boeing 747 against a Mondeo and a 2CV

Ardinerk · Post by **Ardinerk** » 23 Nov 2005, 12:59

U gotta see this!!!

http://www.kwinkies.com/index.php?mode=blog&id=5234

Watch that power!

Post by **luchtzak** » 23 Nov 2005, 13:45

Never saw the spectacular movie! Thanks for sharing Ardinerk!

But it has been reported earlier, some extra pictures are available here: https://www.aviation24.be/postp45464.html#45464 and here: http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/thumbnails.php?album=196

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 23 Nov 2005, 13:55

poor car

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 23 Nov 2005, 16:19

LOL!!! That is great! Imadgine trying that with a 777-300ER! Those GE90s are HUGE!

FedEx · Post by **FedEx** » 23 Nov 2005, 18:39

Great Video clip, loved it.... thanks.

Vinnie-Winnie · Post by **Vinnie-Winnie** » 23 Nov 2005, 19:12

Good old top-gear!

Woops was nearly gonna write the same stuff as I did in the previous post!

Would a Hummer resist this blast?

C_J · Post by **C_J** » 23 Nov 2005, 19:13

That's wacko, thanx for sharing.

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 23 Nov 2005, 19:59

They should have used a car with a Caravan, last episode in the last half hour of it they destroyed 2 caravans, one they dropped a wrecking ball onto, and one they jumped 2 cars onto it.

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 24 Nov 2005, 13:22

my god , that poor cars ... hopefully virgin got good commercial time that way for free or did they have to pay for it ...???

Post by **luchtzak** » 24 Nov 2005, 13:51

Allnipponairways wrote:my god , that poor cars ... hopefully virgin got good commercial time that way for free or did they have to pay for it ...???

I don't think Virgin Atlantic had to pay for it, it's commercial value. But I have my doubts as well: in the movie the titles on the aircraft and tail are blurred. Why?

Vinnie-Winnie · Post by **Vinnie-Winnie** » 24 Nov 2005, 13:52

Allnipponairways wrote:my god , that poor cars ... hopefully virgin got good commercial time that way for free or did they have to pay for it ...???

Pay for what exactly?

Well I would like to know the commercial agreement between them....

In my opinion this was again a publicity stunt from Virgin. Think about it Clarkson is a well known but also a very controversial man. doesn't Virgin have the same characteristics?

So in my opinion it was just a win-win situation. Clarkson provided the cars from a scrapyard and the film crew, Virgin the plane

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 24 Nov 2005, 15:03

Yes but it must have cost them quite some fuel, not much given how much a 747 typically uses, but probably quite a lot anyhow.

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 24 Nov 2005, 15:38

If you look closely they only operated two of the four engines.

concordino · Post by **concordino** » 24 Nov 2005, 16:58

@ vinnie-winnie

Guess that you don't actually watch Top Gear then! The presenter was Richard Hammond not Jeremy Clarkson who is the tall one ( height difference of about 30 cm between them).

If you ever do watch TG ( Sundays 21.00 CET BBC2) you would know that each progreamme has a light-hearted segment of which this was one from quite some time ago. TG is entertainment unlike many motoring programmes so you must expect some off-the-wall stuff (like driving a Rolls-Royce into a swimming pool) and this was no different.

The "serious item last week was a race between an Audi and a rock climber - do the math!!! Also the "star in a reasonably priced car" where celebrities race a Suzuki Liana round the TG track is way too sensible. The whole programme is meant to be fun and should be seen in that light.

C

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 24 Nov 2005, 17:22

Great show ... my got that poor 2CV...

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 24 Nov 2005, 18:06

The sill last episone was the remote controlled cars.

moons · Post by **moons** » 24 Nov 2005, 18:09

Nice video.

I guess it's not a good idea to pass these engines by bike ?

Vinnie-Winnie · Post by **Vinnie-Winnie** » 24 Nov 2005, 18:49

@ concordino!

Fair enough was talking about Clarkson instead of Hammond! But you must know that Top Gear wouldn't exist without the massive Ego of jeremy Clarkson!

Think u were a bit quick to judge but anyways test my knowledge of the program by PM if u dear!we're getting a bit off-topic there!

Anyways no offense taken

SN_Bigbirdy · Post by **SN_Bigbirdy** » 26 Nov 2005, 14:46

Avro wrote:If you look closely they only operated two of the four engines.

didn't they said that if they run the 4 engines for more then 20 secs fullpower they ripp up the runway, or did it misunderstood it

?

Anyway, good excuse if you come home and you have to tell your dad that you have crashed his car

'Hi dad, remember your car, well, at EBBR I had a minor close encounter with a 747 landing on the 25L"

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 27 Nov 2005, 17:48

No, I think you are right. They cannot hold the brakes on and full throtle, and i expect that big airliners like A330, MD-11, 777 are the same.