An Indiana man, Paul Stender, and his Indy Boys team recently customized a school bus with a GE J-79 jet engine that can guzzle up to 150 gallons of fuel in just a single run while spitting 80ft flames out the back from the afterburner.
“The entire vehicle was custom-built by myself because there’s no way the original bus could have withstood the speeds I take it to,” he said. “A lot of it is hand-crafted and the types of metals used would be more at home on an aircraft.”
OK, but why did he do it?
“I built the bus for two reasons,” he explained. “The first is to entertain people because, come on, it’s a jet bus. The second is to inspire kids to keep away from drugs.”
Source : nypost.com
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