Can A Car With JATO Rockets Really Hit 300 MPH And Become Airborne? | MythBusters

MythBusters — S11 E1 "JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?" — Aired May 1, 2013 Ten years ago Adam and Jamie tested the most famous urban legend in MythBusters history — a man who strapped a military JATO rocket to a 1967 Chevy Impala, hit 300 miles per hour on a desert highway, became airborne, and embedded the car into the side of a cliff — and never quite got the result that settled it completely, so for the 10th anniversary season they came back to the Mojave Desert with the full team, a completely stripped and reinforced Chevy Impala, five rockets generating 2,000 pounds of thrust each for a combined 10,000 pounds, Grant's remote control system for steering throttle and braking, Kari and Tory's massive rolling dump truck bunker called The Beast fitted with blast shields and polycarbonate viewing windows, and one final chance to find out whether the myth that started everything the show ever became is busted, plausible, or confirmed. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments