Planes on sticks.

[den]

I hate seeing old planes mounted on pedestals in parks, in front of airports and such, where they are allowed to deteriorate in the weather.

Old planes should be flying or in museums. This is my Planes Not On Sticks icon..

Comments

[jamesb]

Actually, the SR-71 starter box contains two hot-rodded Pontiac engines linked together (although some people swear that the starter contained a pair of Buick Wildcats).

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think you are right, I was quoting this from memory. But the gist is, it takes a lot of horsepower to get those things going :P

[jamesb]

I did some research, and the early ones used Buick engines, and the later ones used big-block Chevys.

Details here.