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Old 06-23-2009, 01:40 AM   #1
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ZR1 vs.......F/A-18?!?!

Uh-Huh!

"Blue Devil vs. Blue Angel"

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We Race a Corvette ZR1 Against a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet Because...We'd Already Made all the Ferraris Turn Red.
This is a GREAT read.
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Old 06-23-2009, 03:37 AM   #2
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Always a pleasure to watch blue angle anything. This is just amazing to watch. Watching the angels fly every year during fleet week is like nothing you've ever seen, specially from the 33rd floor overlooking the water. Thanks for posting.
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Old 06-23-2009, 03:39 AM   #3
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that is awesome.

Too bad there's no video
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Old 06-23-2009, 03:50 AM   #4
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There is... I just watched it.

http://www.motortrend.com/av/feature...deo/index.html

Talk about Patriotism...
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Old 06-23-2009, 04:01 AM   #5
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I can't believe I missed that.


Amazing!!

I used to watch them every year at the Fort Bliss Airshow. (makes me miss El Paso).

Angels vs Devils.



I love it!!!!
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Old 06-23-2009, 04:15 AM   #6
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Fleet week in SF, if you make it up here, you can join my fiancee and I in watching with front row seats, 300 feet above everyone else.
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Old 06-23-2009, 05:51 AM   #7
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Old 06-23-2009, 12:03 PM   #8
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Very cool read... Nice find Dragon.
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Old 06-23-2009, 12:54 PM   #9
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I'm impressed by the F-18's 1/4 mile and 0-60 times. I knew it'd kill the ZR1 past the 1/4, but didn't think it'd be so quick off the line.

KELLY CLARKSON!!! haha!
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Old 06-23-2009, 09:03 PM   #10
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ZR1 vs. Fighter Jet

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Old 06-23-2009, 09:23 PM   #11
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My dad has made a lot of friends on the team. We used to go to any show they had in the Southwestern US and got VIP tickets.

I too am surprised the jet was also able to beat it off the line.

Top gear did a contest between the Veyron and the Eurofighter. Hammond had to drive a mile down the runway and back again. The Eurofighter had to take off, climb a mile vertically, return down the mile, and back down the runway. The plane had double the ground to cover in that test and it still beat the Veyron, though by a slim margin. No surprise the slower ZR-1 (weird to call such a beast "slower") lost when it didn't have the shorter distance advantage.
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Old 06-23-2009, 10:10 PM   #12
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Old 06-23-2009, 10:21 PM   #13
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Awesome....

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that was awesome...I've been to many Blue Angels air shows, and my cousin is a Navy pilot and was a Blue Angel for 2 yrs. Very cool stuff!
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