Here's a way to guarantee you'll never be late for school again.
Built and driven by adrenalin-junkie Paul Stender and his team at Indy Boys Inc. in Indianapolis, USA, the flame-painted bus is custom made from a mix of hand-crafted materials and advanced aircraft components.
oh, and it's about 170 kmph faster than a Bugatti Veyron. Interested?
Name: The School Time Jet-Powered School Bus
Engine: 42,000 horse power General Electric motor from an F4 Phantom jet.
Height: 10 feet
Length: 35 feet
Seating capacity: 3
Top speed: 590 kmph
Fuel consumption: 1420 litres per kilometer
Paul Stender, the creator and the driver, says he built the bus for two reasons, the first to entertain people because "come on, it's a jet bus!".
The second, he says, is to keep kids off drugs. The bus features the slogan "Jets are hot, drugs are not" on its side panels.
Stender bought 'The School Time' as an old bus. But the man, whose mechanical skills are wholly self-taught, stripped the entire bus and completely rebuilt it.
This is because, Stender says, the original bus could not have withstood the speeds the bus would eventually reach.
He says he kept only 5 per cent of the original bus. "The door handle and the door are original," he says.
Paul Stender makes his way to his jet-powered bus
'The School Time' hits top speed
'The School' Time roars past a stationary helicopter
A composite picture of 'The School Time'as flames shoot out from its rear
Photographers gather to get a shot of 'The School Time' as it whizzes by
The 42,000 horse power GE engine from an F4 Phantom sitting at the back of the bus
'The School Time' nears the end of its run
"Get out and about!"
It's all flames during a night show of 'The School Time'
'The School Time' has been created purely for display at schools and shows. Stender wants to show kids that there is more to life than sitting in front of a computer.And of course, he says, this is his revenge for all those days sitting in a bus while it took its own time to get to school.
Now it goes at his kind of pace.
