Jesse James and Discovery Channel's MONSTER GARAGE Team Exceed Expectations as Tricked-Out Sports Car Takes Flight

Jesse James and Discovery Channel's MONSTER GARAGE Team Exceed Expectations as Tricked-Out Sports Car Takes Flight

Discovery Channel's MONSTER GARAGE host Jesse James successfully tested his latest creation -- a car to fly as the Wright Brothers did many years before -- at the birthplace of flight, Kitty Hawk, N.C., last Friday. Jesse James was traveling 80 mph when the car lifted off.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050228/DCM071 )

In just five days, Jesse and his team of flying fanatics and mechanical masters turned a Panoz sports car into a flying machine. Originally, designed to handle the high-speeds and quick turns of the American Le Mans Racing Series, this tricked-out sports car defied its physical limits.

This special two-part season finale of the Monster Garage Flying Car episode airs Monday, June 6 and Monday, June 13 from 9-10 PM (ET/PT).

For more information, please log on to http://www.discovery.com/.

CONTACT: Carolyn McPartlin of the Discovery Channel, +1-240-662-3821, carolyn_mcpartlin@discovery.com; Nikki Pesusich-Warren, +1-310-551-9984, nikki@nppr.net, for the Discovery Channel; or Monique Huey, +1-310-289-6200, Monique.Huey@pmkhbh.com, for Jesse James.

PRNewswire -- Feb. 28 Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050228/DCM071 AP PhotoExpress Network: PRN11 PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com

Source: Discovery Channel

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