Not Your Ordinary School Bus - Neatorama

This one is (literally) jet-powered:

Powered by General Electric J-79 jet engine straight out of a F4 Phantom fighter jet, the big yellow school bus, which is the largest jet vehicle, does excitingly fast 350mph. This 42,000 hp, 10-foot-high, 35-foot-long bus blasts a 75-foot flame out its exhaust...

The bus driver, who wears a seven-layer Kevlar suit while operating this vehicle, has prior experience driving a jet-powered portable toilet.

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/jet-powered-school-time-jet-school-bus-sets-an-eye-on-350mph/.

A: Lame
B: Not the largest jet powered vehicle.
C: Lame

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I think a 230' long 747 might be a larger "jet vehicle" than a 35' long bus. But, hey, what do I know.

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Related? Buses - double-deckers at that - racing:
http://blackandwtf.tumblr.com/post/807871587/via-nationaal-archief

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I think the disconnect it that it's the largest jet "ground" vehicle. It does not fly, and most planes are larger, but nothing that is a land vehicle powered by a jet engine is larger. Nice article-Thanks

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If that was my school bus I never would have tried to chase it down after being late to the stop.

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I've never driven a school bus personally, but I'd imagine the handling would get "interesting" at 350 mph.

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Ta hell with what Timothy P said, this is SUPERNEAT!

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563.27 kilometres per hour for us people not using the Queen's measurements.

Now I know why I need a Bugatti Veyron.

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No way that thing goes 350mph and keeps the wheels on the ground.

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Having driven a school bus on a daily basis - I can say that that would probably be safer to drive. Straight route. Less than a few seconds. NO KIDS.

However, I believe that the only item on it which happens to be stock, would be the roof.

Minnesotastan has as much burn in that post as that bus. :P
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I have to agree with Vonskippy.

It may be theoretically capable of doing 350, but no way it actually got clocked at 350 with the pictured design. You'd need wings/spoilers or something to provide down-draft and keep it all on the ground.

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How many gallons per mile?

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I just showed this to my GED students, and we are going to buy it for our class. Thanks for the laugh!

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Don't worry kids, I'll make sure you won't be late for class!

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