Jamie adjusted his beret. "It’s statistically improbable, physically grueling, and involves dropping things from great heights. Let's get to work." Phase 1: The Plunge
Next, they moved to the big guns: the aerial scoop. They needed to see if a firefighting "Super Scooper" plane could actually inhale a human being through its intake valves.
"To be scooped up, you'd have to be a diver the size of a shrimp," Jamie concluded. "And even if you survived the trip up, the fall from a thousand feet into a flaming forest would definitely finish the job." Watch Mythbusters S03e02 Scuba Diver And Car Ca...
Back at the shop, surrounded by twisted metal and damp neoprene, the duo delivered the news.
The crane released. Two tons of steel plummeted, hitting the water with a thunderous crack . The car didn't just sink; it pancaked, sending a geyser of white foam fifty feet into the air. When the silt cleared, they dove down to find Buster. He wasn't trapped under a "cap"; he was flattened against the lake bed. Jamie adjusted his beret
Adam grinned, holding up a singed flipper. "Myth: . But man, we destroyed that car."
"The myth is simple," Adam said, his eyes gleaming behind his spectacles. "A scuba diver, minding his own business in a lake, gets scooped up by a low-flying firefighting plane and dumped directly onto a forest fire." They needed to see if a firefighting "Super
"Well," Adam said, peering into the grate. "He made it into the tank. But he’s currently in about fourteen different pieces. The intake grates on those planes are only a few inches wide." The Verdict