# Wright Bros aint sh\*t \*pic and vid\* **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 1, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774 "2006-06-01T10:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/1 "2006-06-01T10:49:33Z")
Vid: [http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/25/video-of-flying-aston-martin-lands-online/](http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/25/video-of-flying-aston-martin-lands-online/) We’ve finally found video of the 009 Aston Martin ALMS racecar that “flew” 142 feet off the track at Mid-Ohio Raceway last weekend. The racecar traveled in the air 22 feet farther than the Wright brothers’ first powered flight on December 17th, 1903. ![http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/05/Picture314.jpg](http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/05/Picture314.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tkklemann](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tkklemann/32/7298_2.png) [@Tkklemann](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tkklemann)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/2 "2006-06-01T10:50:07Z")
Wow… Something about that picture doesn’t seem right… ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/3 "2006-06-01T10:51:08Z")
> [@Tkklemann](#): > > Wow… Something about that picture doesn’t seem right… the lack of a ground plane? ---
**Author:** ![taurusho](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/taurusho/32/7184_2.png) [@taurusho](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/taurusho)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/4 "2006-06-01T10:51:16Z")
:O! Thats crazy that it didn’t, like the announcer said, dig into the gravel and just start going over. After I saw the way it was going to land I assumed it would. ---
**Author:** ![Tkklemann](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tkklemann/32/7298_2.png) [@Tkklemann](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tkklemann)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/5 "2006-06-01T10:51:52Z")
On a second though, the video isn’t as impressive as that picture… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/6 "2006-06-01T10:52:10Z")
All I can say is wow. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/7 "2006-06-01T10:54:59Z")
> [@Tkklemann](#): > > On a second though, the video isn’t as impressive as that picture… fuck yeah on that one. holy shit ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/8 "2006-06-01T11:34:20Z")
If he was on a treadmill he would certainly have gone the same distance. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/9 "2006-06-01T11:38:41Z")
It flew that far even though the bodywork is designed for DOWNforce. Imagine how far it would have gone without without the kit. Orbit? ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/10 "2006-06-01T11:47:35Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > If he was on a treadmill he would certainly have gone the same distance. What are you talking about, the car couldn’t move and there would be no lift. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RobY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RobY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobY)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/11 "2006-06-01T11:54:49Z")
it flew backwards… downforce backwards= lift. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/12 "2006-06-01T12:05:41Z")
Nice flight. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/13 "2006-06-01T12:22:22Z")
> [@RobY](#): > > it flew backwards… down force backwards= lift. no, actually down force from ground effects requires the vehicle to be on the ground. this is why when a car moving at a high rate of speed gets to much air under the front bumper the car can flip … the “ground effects” become nothing more then added weight, and in all reality they can help the car get MORE air because they TRAP air under the car (low rocker panels, limited rear airflow) and the reap spoiler wouldn’t have created much lift either, due to the turbulent air bouncing off the taillights of the car what happened here is that the car simply flew like a flat piece of wood being knocked off a table hard the only reason this car flew is because the ground wasn’t level, the edge of the track was banked, and then the ground dropped down from there ---
**Author:** ![nixad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@nixad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nixad)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/14 "2006-06-01T13:21:58Z")
Thats the 009 I thought only the 007 car could fly ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/15 "2006-06-01T14:58:48Z")
the aston will take off! ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/16 "2006-06-01T18:10:51Z")
lol thats sooo badass ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/17 "2006-06-01T19:41:55Z")
holy crap lol ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wright-bros-aint-sh-t-pic-and-vid/12774/18 "2006-06-01T22:08:29Z")
I still think of you put some curb feelers on that thing it would closely resemble a catfish…