Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: V059L49Z@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu (THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Drag Races Message-ID: <1990Oct4.012153.11030@cbnews.att.com> Date: 4 Oct 90 01:21:53 GMT Sender: military-request@att.att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 18 Approved: military@att.att.com From: THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY! I was just reading in my new issue of AIR AND SPACE (Smithsonian) an article about drag races held every so often between drag racing cars and Navy jets hooked up to portable catapults held at some airport. I don't mean to sound like a complainer, but doesn't this seem like a waste of money? I'm sure there must be some fair-sized cost involved in doing this just for a little publicity. Last year they raced a top-fuel car against an A-6. The A-6 won 2.** seconds to the car's 3.** seconds. They have also used F-14's and F/A-18's in the past which also beat the cars even after playing around with the cars. Paul