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I suppose jet engines don't need to be restricted to airplanes, although I'm reminded of a long-ago Darwin Death Award involving such an attempt: https://darwi
by jjslocum3 4y ago
I suppose jet engines don't need to be restricted to airplanes, although I'm reminded of a long-ago Darwin Death Award involving such an attempt:
https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-04.html https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-04.html
- PaulHoule 4y agoThere are gas turbine engines for terrestrial vehicles, there is one in the M-1A1 tank. I can picture the chemistry working out for a diesel engine, which burn a fuel which isn't too different from jet fuel.
- puffoflogic 4y agoAbout a third of the way down the page is an explanation that this was a myth. But frankly that was obvious from the story, and I have a hard time believing it was anything but a joke to begin with. I hypothesize that the Darwin Award folks got tired of people asking about the story and decided to let their readers down easy by claiming to have been fooled by the hoax as well.