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A guy from Liconln Nebraska builds the worlds first jet powered school bus that has a top speed of 320mph!

Via: CBS News.com

There is now a new meaning to the children’s song, “The Wheels On The Bus Go Round and Round.” A school bus in Lincoln, Neb., was built with a 42,000 horsepower engine and can hit a speed of 320 mph in just a few seconds – so you would never be late for school!

While children would never actually ride this school bus, there was nothing stopping CBS affiliate, KOLN/KGIN-TV‘s reporter Chad Silber from hopping on for the ride of his life.

“We are locked and loaded. I’ve got the fire-proof vest on all the way down to the shoes. We can’t have any skin showing because just in case this puppy blows up we want to make sure we don’t start on fire unless we blow up then I guess it doesn’t matter,” said Silber. “We’re about to get on this bus right here it’s a jet-powered school bus. It’s the coolest school bus I’ve ever seen. We’re only going to go 200, 250, maybe 300 miles per hour so not the top speed, but I would say pretty darn fast.”  Read More