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Old 22-05-2006, 10:13 AM   #1
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Default Chris Atkinson - Got Airborn?

I thought this was great .... i know i would of crapped myself , and he managed to control it afterwards... little front end damage though !







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Old 22-05-2006, 10:16 AM   #2
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Landing that thing has gotta hurt....
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Old 22-05-2006, 10:26 AM   #3
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Hmmm consider that the road is falling away from the front of the car after the jump, and the car still landed heavily nose first.

I think they need to potentially revisit the weight distribution of that car... or more downforce by the rear wing
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Old 22-05-2006, 10:50 AM   #4
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Air Traffic Control were heard to say....... WHAT THE H*LL WAS THAT!

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Old 22-05-2006, 12:10 PM   #5
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*sings* I believe I can fly...
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Old 22-05-2006, 12:22 PM   #6
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I saw him flying on the news!
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Old 22-05-2006, 12:23 PM   #7
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Wendy.... I can fly...
^^^ What about this one then. (one of my Fav movies!)

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Now the best we can hope for is to unfriend them on facebook then SMS their commanders with !!!1!!!!!!11!1!! and then finally plank a tank.......
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Old 22-05-2006, 01:03 PM   #8
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Actually, it reminds me of the end of Starsky and Hutch, where they launch that car into the air and you see it bend in half when it hits the road again. Ouch!
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Old 22-05-2006, 03:21 PM   #9
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that is awesome...but probably not worth it in the long run...lol
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Old 22-05-2006, 04:31 PM   #10
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Would of been alot of fun, pitty that jump caused front end damage and he ended up retiring because of it later on.
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Old 22-05-2006, 04:33 PM   #11
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He either has a very small brain or very large testicals. i'd have to say option B. That is just nuts!
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Old 22-05-2006, 05:20 PM   #12
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I saw it yesterday on RPM and it was AWSOME.
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Old 22-05-2006, 05:25 PM   #13
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I think they need to potentially revisit the weight distribution of that car... or more downforce by the rear wing
i think it might have more to do with the fact that he took the jump too fast more than weight distribution.
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Old 22-05-2006, 05:27 PM   #14
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You've gotta say though... that is a LOT of air.
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Old 22-05-2006, 05:51 PM   #15
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you could sticky tape some wings onto it and it will literally take off :P
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Old 22-05-2006, 06:20 PM   #16
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*Sings* "Rocket Man" ...Damn!
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Old 22-05-2006, 08:15 PM   #17
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And then he went and crashed in the next stage and went from fifth to way down.....bet the team bosses are'nt happy.

Got to give him his due though he's got what it takes just needs to calm down and control it.
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Old 22-05-2006, 08:19 PM   #18
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I hope no birds were hurt during this race!
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Old 22-05-2006, 08:23 PM   #19
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I hope no birds were hurt during this race!
No no no...its not a race its a rally! capiche.
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Old 22-05-2006, 11:18 PM   #20
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It could also be his co driver's fault, probably told him it was a light bump :
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Old 23-05-2006, 09:27 AM   #21
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Has no one else notied that the 2nd picture isnt of the same jump??? From what I can see it is just another suburu doing catching some serious air.

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Old 23-05-2006, 01:11 PM   #22
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His landing looked a little off to the side of where others had landed!

Check out Ari Vartinen, he's the craziest driver ever. Theres some famous pictures of him jumping escorts higher than this!!
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Old 23-05-2006, 01:31 PM   #23
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I think it is the same jump, you can see the backs of the pirrelli signs in the second shot.
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Old 23-05-2006, 05:49 PM   #24
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Hmmm consider that the road is falling away from the front of the car after the jump, and the car still landed heavily nose first.

I think they need to potentially revisit the weight distribution of that car... or more downforce by the rear wing
And I'm sure you know better than the SWRT _
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And I'm sure you know better than the SWRT _
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Old 24-05-2006, 11:04 AM   #26
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It would be a funny speed camera photo that middle one!!
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Old 24-05-2006, 11:10 AM   #27
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It would be a funny speed camera photo that middle one!!
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Old 24-05-2006, 12:46 PM   #28
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He was watching Dukes of Hazard before he went out.

He bent the air intake on the engine on landing.....slowed him down a little until service when they straightened the car a little.

Go Chris Go - Its so brilliant that an Aussie is out there in Group A in the top ten. He's often ahead of Solberg, his boss and Subaru Team Owner....he he he. He is making mistakes but is learning a lot. He has won stages this year against the like of Loeb and Gronholm....fair effort that.
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Old 24-05-2006, 01:09 PM   #29
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I got these pix of an ff.com member ages ago... Sorry mate I don't remember your member name or your full name, so I'll merely credit these as pix courtesy of "Ian".

My favourite is "Flight Centre" lol

Some may notice the EL XR front in one of the images, but I think this was the result of an accident where the EF XR front got smashed.

Fantastic pictures of an EF XR8!









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Old 24-05-2006, 03:32 PM   #30
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nice pictures there!! anyone else got any jump pics?! I have a little one of myself jumping in my avatar.
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