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From: Xan
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:03

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"br d" <misterbCOCKNEYTWAT@nildram.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> I recently went to Bruntingthorpe near Leicester to watch a friend
> doing one of those Ferrari track days. There was a bunch of
> enthusiasts on the grounds there who were renovating a Lightning, got
> chatting to one of them. I'm a lover of nice cars (hence the Skoda)
> but talking specifications with this bloke just blew me away. The
> Lightning used 3 gallons of fuel a second, has - wait for it - 60,000
> bhp!!! (equivalent), and on 5 tons of fuel could only stay airborne
> for half an hour. 40 minutes if the pilot was 'taking it easy'.

That's nothing. An SR-71 needs refueling shortly after takeoff. It outputs 
160,000 bhp and maxes out at 2193.167 mph @ 85,068.997 ft. Where's a ZPM when 
you need it? =P

// Xan, Ph.D.
// Acting Grand Nagus, er, Clam. Chowder.

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