Instructor at Colorado driving school plows through front of business' building
The car crashed into the driving school's building right under a 'Learn to Drive' sign
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These "car driven into building" stories seem to be all over the place. I can't help but wonder if there are actually a lot more of these events happening, or whether they've always happened at about this rate but now that everyone has a camera with them and we have 2000 "news" outlets and everyone is looking for to make a "viral" post to their social media, that we just have a higher fraction of occurrences thrust in our face.

 

It happens all of the time, not too long ago I read an Indepth article about the requirements of bollards in front of 7-Elevens.

My local 7-Eleven had several occurrences in just a short time before it closed.

 

You ever see a car crash into a junkyard? It just has to stay there, no towing required

 

Looks like the guy floored it into the door.

 

 

From LinkedIn ... Sad I was never a passenger:

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This picture was taken in April 1985, the moment of Concorde flying at supersonic speed. It was captured by Adrian Meredith, who was piloting a Royal Air Force Tornado jet during a rendezvous with Concorde over the Irish Sea.

While the Tornado was capable of matching Concorde's cruising speed, this feat could only be sustained for a few minutes due to the rapid fuel consumption of the aircraft. After multiple attempts, the Concorde had to decelerate from its Mach 2 pace to around Mach 1.5-1.6 to facilitate the Tornado crew in capturing the photograph. They even stripped the Tornado of unnecessary weight.

After just four minutes the Tornado had to disengage from the rendezvous, while Concorde continued its journey to JFK International Airport.

 

From LinkedIn ... Sad I was never a passenger:

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This picture was taken in April 1985, the moment of Concorde flying at supersonic speed. It was captured by Adrian Meredith, who was piloting a Royal Air Force Tornado jet during a rendezvous with Concorde over the Irish Sea.

While the Tornado was capable of matching Concorde's cruising speed, this feat could only be sustained for a few minutes due to the rapid fuel consumption of the aircraft. After multiple attempts, the Concorde had to decelerate from its Mach 2 pace to around Mach 1.5-1.6 to facilitate the Tornado crew in capturing the photograph. They even stripped the Tornado of unnecessary weight.

After just four minutes the Tornado had to disengage from the rendezvous, while Concorde continued its journey to JFK International Airport.

Hi,

Well supersonic flight is in fact being revisited and supposedly there will be a company that operates aircraft that can do that again. Not saying how much it would cost to fly from NY to London on that aircraft though of course (ha ha).
Recently they were transporting an actual Concord to the USA (I think it was the USA) but I can't remember why.

 

 

Great landing!

 

This must be the Photograph of the Year
Hint: It's NOT photoshopped

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This must be the Photograph of the Year
Hint: It's NOT photoshopped
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Hi,

If it is real, it is very deceiving.
'nuff said.

 

 

This must be the Photograph of the Year
Hint: It's NOT photoshopped
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Riverfire is insane.

 

Hi,

If it is real, it is very deceiving.
'nuff said.

 

Passengers mistakenly drive rental vehicle across Palm Beach International Airport runways

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Nance said an incident like this is extremely rare but is also something pilots prepare for and are trained to avoid.
“In the commercial aviation world, that’s one of the things that we pull on each other in the simulators quite a bit, truck on the runway,” he said.

 

 

This must be the Photograph of the Year
Hint: It's NOT photoshopped

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I'm a bit skeptical -- look at where everyone is looking. At the very least, it's highly misleading due to lens selection and setting -- there's a lot more space between things than it appears. The aircraft is almost certainly over the river between the buildings in the background and the structure in the foreground. But I don't know that the camera set up can account for the disconnect in the apparent line of sight that the people seem to looking along.

But Australia still allows aircraft to overfly crowds in ways that have long since been banned in the U.S... sadly. Of course, I might not be saying that if I knew one of the handful of people that have been injured or killed when accidents have happened (as they have in almost all spectator motor sports).

 

I'm a bit skeptical -- look at where everyone is looking. At the very least, it's highly misleading due to lens selection and setting -- there's a lot more space between things than it appears. The aircraft is almost certainly over the river between the buildings in the background and the structure in the foreground. But I don't know that the camera set up can account for the disconnect in the apparent line of sight that the people seem to looking along.

But Australia still allows aircraft to overfly crowds in ways that have long since been banned in the U.S... sadly. Of course, I might not be saying that if I knew one of the handful of people that have been injured or killed when accidents have happened (as they have in almost all spectator motor sports).

I think that the lens used helped exaggerate the perspective so as to make it look more dramatic. But the scene is authentic alright. There are pics capturing the same moment from different locations, plus a video clip.

 

Man, that's wife material right there!

 

As part of her sentence she should be forced to watch that video with her eyelids pried open, Clockwork Orange style.