The Shockwave jet truck was built by Les Shockley in the 1980s and driven by Chris Darnell in recent years. Darnell was killed when the truck crashed at the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and ...

I sat securely belted into the passenger seat of a truck that happened to have three jet engines strapped to the back of it. It was the mid-1990s and we waited at the end of an airport runway in ...

North Carolina has hosted its share of drag races and air shows over the years, and the Shockwave jet truck was one of the few attractions that fit perfectly well at both. Shockwave was a novelty act.