Episode

MythBusters: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Name: MythBusters: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Released: 2011-06-15
Cast: Robert Lee, Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci

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Overview

The MythBusters count down -- and give you insight into -- their favorite transportation moments.

Details

Series: MythBusters
Season: Season 9
Episode: Episode 10
Air date: 2011-06-15

Episode context

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is Episode 10 in Season 9 of MythBusters. It aired on 2011-06-15.

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Episode 9: Fixing a Flat 2011-06-08 How do you fix a flat when you don't have a spare tire? Can a fast fish cause your reel to catch fire?

Episode 11: Let There be Light 2011-06-22 Jamie and Adam take on The Mummy, while Kari, Grant and Tory try to stop an out-of-control car without another car.

More episodes from this season

Episode 8: Dodge a Bullet 2011-06-01 Adam and Jamie test if you can jump out of the way of a bullet, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if hitting the water is just like hitting pavement after a fall.

Episode 12: Paper Armor 2011-06-29 Adam and Jamie explore the physics of shock waves in water, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if paper battle armor can compare to steel.

Episode 7: Spy Car (2) 2011-05-18 Can you really shoot accurately with guns mounted on the hood of a car? Will a bullet just spin if shot at a frozen lake?

Episode 13: Bikes and Bazookas 2011-09-28 Adam and Jamie test the myth that a motorcycle is a greener and cleaner machine than a car, while Kari, Tory, and Grant unleash the first RPG in MythBusters history to see if a bullet could take out a bazooka.

Episode 6: Blow Your Own Sail 2011-05-11 Adam and Jamie put Hollywood sound effects up against reality, and Kari, Grant and Tory find out if you are adrift on a sailboat with no wind, can you propel your boat with a fan?

Episode 14: Newton's Crane Cradle 2011-10-05 Jamie and Adam test a viral video that supersizes Newton's cradle using wrecking balls, while Kari, Grant, and Tory tackle whether a bird landing on your hood is enough to tip your car off a cliff.

Episode 5: Torpedo Tastic 2011-05-04 Did the world's first torpedo really strike a boat with a deadly payload at 800 feet? Can corks in wine bottles be turned into projectiles if exposed to enough pressure?

Episode 15: Walk a Straight Line 2011-10-12 Is it impossible for humans (without a point of reference) to walk in a straight line, such as when they're blindfolded? Will binary explosives, well, explode in the case of a fender bender? The MythBusters are on the case.

Episode 4: Bubble Trouble 2011-04-27 The MythBusters see whether it's possible to stay afloat in bubbly water, and whether an arrow packed with explosives can split a tree in two.

Episode 16: Duct Tape Plane 2011-10-19 | 60 min Adam and Jamie test three viral videos featuring the extraordinary excavator: Can it really row a barge? Be used to go wakeboarding? Perform seemingly impossible feats of acrobatics? Then -- using only duct tape -- Kari, Grant, and Tory attempt to patch up a plane that's had an unfortunate encounter with a bear.