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Author Message Brad-Mo (007) New member Username: 007 Post Number: 30 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 4:41 pm:    Mr. D, You should be able to get a High-Res image at www.dfrc.nasa.gov Thats the Dryden Flight Reasearch Center at Edwards AFB in California. Mr. Doody (Doody) Member Username: Doody Post Number: 891 Registered: 11-2001 Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 4:34 pm:    brad-mo - what's the source of that SR71 picture? it's wonderful - i'd love to find a better, bigger version of it. doody. Aaron Williams (Aawil) Junior Member Username: Aawil Post Number: 99 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 4:30 pm:    A few years ago they had Patrick Carpentier race a jet with a champ car. He won of course. I think it was at the clevland race. Brad-Mo (007) New member Username: 007 Post Number: 24 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 3:58 pm:    .vs TomD (Tifosi) Advanced Member Username: Tifosi Post Number: 3031 Registered: 9-2001 Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 7:16 am:    nice stunt - too bad they did not do it for a little longer, I think that plane might have caught it - oh yeah OT Ernesto (T88power) Intermediate Member Username: T88power Post Number: 1357 Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 7:11 am:    that's a neat stunt Ernesto J R K (Kenyon) Junior Member Username: Kenyon Post Number: 226 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 7:08 am:    Dodge have been racing against Jet fighters again in a carefully staged half mile race. This year they pitched a Lockheed Martin F-16 against the 500 horsepower Dodge Viper SRT-10 in the drag contest. When the dust settled last Saturday before thousands of spectators at the Luke Days Air Show, the Dodge Viper came out on top, covering the half mile in about 18 seconds. "Obviously it was an awesome sight seeing the Dodge Viper SRT-10 move down the runway quicker than an F-16," said Dan Knott, Director - Performance Vehicle Operations (PVO), DaimlerChrysler. Compared to the Dodge Viper's American sports car leading 500 horsepower, 525 lb.-ft. of torque and 190 mph top speed, the Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon - nicknamed the "Viper" - generates around 23,000 pounds of thrust and a top speed of more than 1,300 mph, but it's not particularly good around town.