Fire Bug

Here is a VW Beetle. Yup, another jet. This thing is 1,350 horsepower. He calls it 'Jet Under Glass'. And I thought I was getting bad fuel mileage. Right.

Here is what the owner had to say about this photo;
"Street racing action. The other guy wimped out after a few "big-fire" demonstrations. What you see in the picture is about one-twentieth the full size of the fireball. Guy standing beside car had never seen it run before and was smiling ear-to-ear throughout the show. Had I launched, I would have burned him to a crisp.There are three gauges for the jet: RPM, Oil Pressure, and Turbine Inlet Temperature.The most important is turbine inlet temperature. If you exceed about 1200 degrees for very long, you damage the engine.This is critical on start-up.You don't want a "hot-start".The throttle for the jet engine is located next to the gear selector.It is a lever and has three buttons: Cool, Big-Fire, and Afterburner. "Cool" leans out the engine and is used to lower the turbine inlet temperature if you get a hot-start.To light big-fire or the afterburner, you hold a button down and 1/2 second later, press the hot-streak button on the floor.Then things happen!"

I'll bet.

He continues, "We get this a lot. A police officer picking at his nose while trying to figure out what to charge me with. Notice the hopeful anticipation of us on the right. We're rooting for him and offer suggestions but unfortunately, the Department of Motor Vehicles did not anticipate such a vehicle so he's out of luck."

Thanks again to Carrie, who flew aboard jets for a big part of her life.