EOD airmen explode 1,300-pound pumpkin

[unhappycamper]

EOD airmen explode 1,300-pound pumpkin
Staff report
Posted : Friday Nov 14, 2008 11:24:47 EST

Two mammoth pumpkins were no match for an Air Force explosive ordnance disposal team from Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

On Halloween morning, the two pumpkins, each large enough to fill the bed of a pickup truck, were blown up by the EOD team. While there are no Air Force instructions on how far you should be from an exploding pumpkin, the crowd of onlookers was kept several hundred feet away to prevent injuries from flying seeds, rinds and shells.

The pumpkin blast idea started when Travis EOD technician Staff Sgt. Ronnie Brickey met brothers Mark and Matt Cooley, who sell pumpkins and operate a corn maze near the northern California base.

"They saw the EOD badge on my shirt and approached me with the idea of blowing up their pumpkins," Brickey said in an Air Force release. "I thought it would be a cool way to get some training in and show the public what we do."

The Cooley brothers explained that every year they try to do something extravagant to destroy pumpkins. Last year, they hoisted a half-ton pumpkin with a crane and dropping it onto a vehicle.


Rest of article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/11/airforce_pumpkin_blast_111308w/%2e

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Way cool! Blowed 'em up real good!

[populistdriven]

2. cool but its no exploding whale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvha8N3a28U

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Oh my God!

:puke::rofl::puke::rofl:

[populistdriven]

5. heh, this is new

Someone did an animation of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM4pgnkGUgE

[hobbit709]

4. A Classic

One thing I never understood. Why didn't anybody think of just towing it out to sea and sinking it.

[populistdriven]

6. i will never forget downloading a 25mb version of it on a 1200baud modem

It took days