I have uploaded Oaklahoma Willy videos before, but from this angle it looks even more impressive, and I think this run, may have been a PB (or very close) Filmed at the Flame & Thunder Show at Santa Pod Raceway.

Bus Details

Volkswagen Type II flatbed pickup truck

Registered in 1958 in Oklahoma USA
Imported to the UK in 2013.
Running a 1955cc Longblock Type2 engine built in California by Chico Performance Racing

Jet Details

Rolls Royce 1986 Viper 535 Jet Engine

The engine came out of a BAC 167 Strikemaster jet, these aircraft are a military version of the Jet Provost and could be armed and used as light fighter jets. The engine was decommissioned in approximately 2009 and sold by then owner North Wales Military Air services

Manufacturer....................................Rolls-Royce
Date of manufacture........................1986
Series................................................Viper 535
Weight...............................................350 kg
Type..................................................Turbojet
Compressor......................................8 Stage Axial
Turbine..............................................Single stage impulse/reaction turbine
Combustion......................................Annular combustion chamber
Fuel Injection....................................6 Atomising type starter burners and 12 primary main vaporising type burners.
Fuel Flow @ Max RPM.....................3,420 lb/hr (8.3 gallons per minute)
Ignition..............................................2 High energy spark ignition modules, 6J @ 3kV.
Thrust................................................3,450 lbs
Jet Pipe Nozzle Diameter.................16.5"
Maximum RPM..................................13,760 RPM
Self Sustaining Speed......................1,513 RPM (11%)
Fuel.....................................................Jet-A1 / AVTUR / AVGAS / AVTAG or Kerosene.
Oil System..........................................Front bearing & gearbox - scavenge system. Main & rear bearing -metered loss system.
Cooling...............................................Turbine wheel front & back by 7th Stage air.

Approximate air speed at full power………800 MPH

Air consumption at full speed…………..……. CFM



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