Jet-powered school bus hits 500kph, prevents wagging (+video)

August 11th, 2010 by NZPC

Riding the bus to school was never an exciting outing, so for most of us turning 15 and getting a licence put a end to the pain.  Now returning to public transport is a torturous task, but things could be different if all buses were like this one.

Built by American Paul Stender and his team of nutters from a firm called IndyBoys, Inc, the School Time Jet Bus is a 35-foot long wagon with a 42,000-horsepower GE J-79 jet engine taken from an F4 Phantom jet plane. Most of the vehicle is a custom build and it can only take three passengers safely, the best part is it shoots lames 75-feet out the back. According to its crazed creators, the bus is built to travel over 350 mph (563 kph), but it’s unclear if anyone has had the kahunas to get it going at that speed.

Regardless, it’s an extreme machine, check out the School Time Jet Bus in action below.