I've been getting some flak on the James Bond post, about the famous boat jump. Here's the background and the coolest piece of rock in any film, just as a bonus.
As I mentioned in a previous post, the boat jump was helped and made possible through a group of Tulane Univ engineering students, and reportedly, a little jet fuel - it depends who you believe.
"Oh, James..."
As I hinted in the previous post, there's a clue to finding some of the other "Missing" Bond Boats: If you look close, you'll see that the seat is in the MIDDLE, and not on the right side. That was true with ALL of the LALD (Live and Let Die) boats. By placing the chairs in the middle, the driver's weight was located on a central plane, reducing the "roll." The chairs also all had "slides," to move back and forth, adjusting the weight of the driver, to control "yaw." Click on the left photo for more useless Bond info.
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