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    This is wild...


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    Amazing.

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    Amazing you guys are just now finding this!

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    ...and across the line.

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    Finally a good use of an Xspire!

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    i think they used that same rocket to slice a car in half too
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    That was awesome.
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    Wow.

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    Now THAT'S a good way to start the week!
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    So that's why they call them "compacts".

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    Very nice!
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    800 mph is for the rookies!

    I got to work at the highspeed test track at Holloman AFB one summer. We were sending things down the track at much higher speeds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miatamoto View Post
    800 mph is for the rookies!

    I got to work at the highspeed test track at Holloman AFB one summer. We were sending things down the track at much higher speeds.

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