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Georgia Man Tests Super-Fast Boat
The Russians also spent $6 million making three eight-man boats that would go 150 mph. One of them found its way to North Georgia. The orchard near Clarksville, Ga., is known as one of the best golf courses in the state, but today one of the lakes on the course is being used to test the N007.
Shulte is expected to take the boat to North Carolina this weekend for more testing. He's not sure about characteristics of the N007 because the pages that might spell that out for him are written in Russian. Other parts of the manual are simply marked secret. Does that make Shulte a little afraid of the machine? "Not at all," Shulte said. "It's a beautiful machine. It's very solidly built. It's designed really nice, and I think there's nothing to be afraid of. Surely he wouldn't push the throttle of this boat to its limits before he realizes his ultimate dream for it. "What I would like to do with it is have it in the movies, like a James Bond movie or Indiana Jones," Shulte said. He also would like to take it to car shows, boat shows and Nascar events. Since just starting the engine draws a crowd, if it really flies, it might someday be a movie star. 
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During the arms buildup, the former Soviet Union developed some pretty bizarre weapons that were never mass-produced. Many of them were experiments like a super-fast rescue boat powered by an aircraft fighter engine.
