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To: onyx

Read the specs on the glass...


4 posted on 01/02/2007 12:52:57 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The cockpit has glass three quarters of an inch thick, taken from Raptor-22 fighter jets. This enables it to withstand re-entering the water nose-first without shattering.

Wicked.

9 posted on 01/02/2007 1:08:41 PM PST by onyx (Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)
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