Thought this was a bit interesting

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/23/aston-m...an-wright-bros/

Last weekend during a practice lap at Mid-Ohio Raceway the 009 Aston Martin ALMS went airborne off the track and "flew" 142 feet before landing off the track in the dirt. The track was reportedly wet and the unidentified driver lost control under braking. Fortunately his car was the only one on that part of the track at the time and it amazingly remained level during its separation with terra firma.

These pics were found on the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club (NASIOC) forum, and those guys know a lot about flying cars from watching Subies take flight in World Rally competition. One astute forum member noted that the first record of powered flight by the Wright brothers on December 17th, 1903 lasted for 120 feet and 12 seconds. We checked it out, it's true, which means the Aston beat the Wright brothers' first flight by 22 feet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl2UUunlI2Q

(im at work, so I didn't verify that link, however it is claimed to be video of that crash)

thats it.

pretty wild

that must have been one helluva ride! they need to make that a ride at Six Flags

The link is apparently NSFW, or at least it's blocked here.

Same here, can't wait to check it out tonight.

That's wild. Pretty good take off for a car! I mean had it been turn the other way around, I think it would have had a sporting chance to make it back to england.

I didn't see no tig bitties on there , you are just getting blocked more than likely.

Youtube.com is known to have NSFW content on there so that is more than likely why it is being blocked. However, that is a great video of the crash.

pretty wild but was expecting worse.

I love the stats at the end of the video.

"Pedro Lamy in Saturday practice: 142 feet"
"Wright Brothers on Dec 17, 1903: 120 feet"

Note that the car flew backwards. Many cars including fbodys are shaped like a section out of a wing when going backwards. According to the Land Speed Racing communtity, a 4th gen Camaro will take off and fly pretty high if it gets spun around backwards at over 200 mph. The Land Speed Racing Association is now requiring a pop-up turbulator on the roof top to prevent this.

Maybe we should move this to the aerdymnamics section