I took an hour today to enjoy the weekend with Calvin and Hobbes for about 40 pages

this is what a bad day looks like (same guy, 20 years apart)

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3532821826852510&set=a.271319343002791

about when, do you think, did the driver notice the parachute fell off his truck at the starting line?

the Demon (and likely the other Hellcat Challenger) can be upgraded with a Simpson chute, from Simpson for $150

https://jalopnik.com/the-dodge-challenger-srt-demon-170s-factory-parachute-i-1850304310

https://www.dodgegarage.com/assets/docs/drag-pak/sim-42020ks.pdf

https://www.dodgegarage.com/drag-pak-experience

https://www.simpsonraceproducts.com/products/drag_parachutes/crossform_drag_chute/

But they aren't selling them at Direct Connection Mopar yet. https://www.dodgegarage.com/direct-connection-catalog/

parachute testing with a woodie, 1929

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157678290704887/page3

I didn't notice until now that Batman's symbol is in the middle of the Batmobile's drag chutes

 https://forum.chronomag.cz/profile/21738-vintagelover/content/?type=forums_topic_post

I bet they didn't ask for permission for this chutes out photo

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-112#post-13184123

cool photo, because that's what parachutes do for photos

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/altered-wheelbase-picture-thread.393460/page-75#post-12301066

Attention getting way to advertise!

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5156036-Vintage-photos-Awesome!&p=84307885&viewfull=1#post84307885

gotta love a 69 Camaro, especially one with parachutes.

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/takesabeating

In 1951 John Cobb sold the Napier Railton to the GQ Parachute Company who used it to test aircraft brake parachutes

 In 1951 John sold the car to the GQ Parachute Company who used it to test aircraft brake parachutes at Dunsfold Airfield- GQ modified the car and fitted it with test equipment to deploy parachutes at high speed and then retract them at about 30 knots.

fyi, In 1949 Cobb leased the Napier Railton to the Romulus Film Company while they make ‘Pandora and The Flying Dutchman’, a film about a racing driver.





https://primotipo.com/2018/08/07/napier-railton/

first time I've seen this version of the Arfons Green Monster... I've only ever seen it with a single chute

http://georgeklass.net/dragsters.html

Good parachute photos are not easy to find, and to find one in stars and stripes is even harder, thanks Will!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2000763166624975&set=a.950708041630498.1073741826.100000739329267&type=3