On 07 Jan 2012, at 19:01, Chuck Hards wrote:
LMAO, Thanks for the suggestion Patrick, but it still wouldn't make it more interesting. Sports cars are best left on the road. Trust me.
A bowling ball, on the other hand...hmmm...
Now, that would have a good chance of going supersonic. And maybe making a discernable crater in the salt flats. ;-)
I'm still planning another drop and hopefully Ann will reprise her role as bombardier. Next time, however, I want to be higher and drop several objects of varying size and density in hopes of creating a strewn field. I've already got a small collection of objects. I just wish someone would donate a real meteorite... :) For folks who do not know what Chuck and I are talking about: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/%7Epaw/METEOR01.HTML and http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-03-02-meteor-bowling_x.htm patrick p.s. Another car skydive that didn't go quite as planned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_pLW4ymEk