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  • Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

    In our pits we loved the car drop. The coolest was when they dropped the bus.

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    Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

    Shoot. I forgot to bring this up with Mike H. at the Oshkosh Reno booth. I always enjoyed the car drop...and I would have been nice and not recommended the "crying shame" bus drop.... (a bus full of politician dummies dropped with one empty seat) I did get a free 50th anniversary Poster and last year's program

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      Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

      Originally posted by Coyote Chris View Post
      Shoot. I forgot to bring this up with Mike H. at the Oshkosh Reno booth. I always enjoyed the car drop...and I would have been nice and not recommended the "crying shame" bus drop.... (a bus full of politician dummies dropped with one empty seat) I did get a free 50th anniversary Poster and last year's program
      Hell, I didn't even remember the car drop when we interviewed MH at Osh on EAA Radio. I would have mentioned something then. DAMN !
      Anyways, I had car drops in Astoria,OR which were a Huge crowd favorite. It was SOOOO cool to see a VW microbus collapse to about ten inches in total height after dropping from 1500 feet.

      Just Sayin'

      See you in Sept. !!!!

      Boss

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      • #4
        Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

        Ah yes I forgot all about those but remember them well. Was it 1988 when they dropped one on an actual runway or taxiway? Oops!!!

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        • #5
          Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

          Originally posted by John H View Post
          Ah yes I forgot all about those but remember them well. Was it 1988 when they dropped one on an actual runway or taxiway? Oops!!!
          Yes, they dropped it on 08/26 while the Gold Unlimited heat was still in their cooldown. Yet another reason to NOT transmit on race frequency.

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          • #6
            Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

            Attention...Attention, There is a Blue Ford blocking an Emergency Access Road...you have five minutes to move it.....
            Oh yeah...Bring it Backkkkk!

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            • #7
              Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

              I miss the car drop. Best suggestion though was from my son years ago at the age of about seven. "Dad, couldn't they get a A-10 to strafe the car after they dropped it?"

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              • #8
                Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

                That is why I always get the extra insurance on my rental car. I believe it could be covered within the fine print of the section titled..."You did what?!" .

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                • #9
                  Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

                  I vote for dropping the jet car.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

                    Originally posted by Race5 View Post
                    I vote for dropping the jet car.
                    Hahahaha!

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                    • #11
                      Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

                      Originally posted by Race5 View Post
                      I vote for dropping the jet car.
                      Better yet, a formation drop of the Saab Demo team.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

                        Originally posted by Propellerhead View Post
                        Better yet, a formation drop of the Saab Demo team.

                        into a giant propeller machine being operated by Bob Hoover.

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                          Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

                          i would happily watch them try to blow the compressor blades out the front of the engine all day long, vs the snooze fest they call a wing walker routine...
                          Todd Smith

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                          • #14
                            Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

                            Originally posted by Race5 View Post
                            I vote for dropping the jet car.
                            I vote for the whole jet class, one plane before every race of a propeller driven airplane.

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                              Re: Bring back the Car Drop for the 50th

                              Originally posted by Dialtapper View Post
                              I vote for the whole jet class, one plane before every race of a propeller driven airplane.
                              That sounds good to me. At least then we could control where they hit..

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