Wrong, the pilot is ALWAYS more valuable. No matter how much money you throw at the problem, you can’t pull a human being off the street and make him/her a fighter pilot. It takes 2-5 years to make any human being a competent combat aviator, and no amount of money can substantially shorten the process. Therefore even…

An S2000, that runs every day.

Do it with Citabrias pretty regularly, pretty sporty =)

I say we nominate Psy as the president of the new North Korea.

Or distribute all their written material digitally and stop feeding the beast that is education publishing.

With Binzuh

Realize that even cars not leaking oil is a phenomenon of the last 20 years right? Even 80's cars of all makes leaked oil, hence the stains on driveways and parking lots. The old joke is, if it’s not leaking, it’s empty. Take any stock picture of an F-16 and look at the contract number on the side, usually two…

The enlisted people of the Thunderbirds are just as impressive and imposing a presence as the pilots. Should meet them sometime.

Every deployment has what’s called a Unit Type Code, the squadron itself doesn’t decide how many or what kind of forces it deploys, that comes down from the national command authority. In this case the unit type code called for a package equal to half to the total size of the squadron.

It’s tiny, the EWO console is almost right in your face. It’s not anywhere near as roomy as I imagined.