I would approach the issue from a perspective of motivation. If it were Chinese Uighur's they would have waited until near Beijing to cause a 9/11 type situation; if it were a pilot suicide he would have just crashed the aircraft into the ocean or perhaps turned around to KL and done something terrible there. It…

Here's is interesting article (pdf link below) on the 356's produced in Austria. Seems there were more then 50 built - perhaps 63 were built (some missing ser#'s not listed?) and the majority of these cars were actually produced in other locations by firms such as Tatra in Vienna and Beutler in Switzerland as well…

Actually - they didn't send any 'data' back to RR. The airline has no agreement with RR to monitor the engines - same as they don't have an agreement with Boeing either. What happened was that the system for the engines *pings* on take off/climb and then every 30 mins afterward via VHF or Satcom (depends on model).…

They use Rolls Royce engines which DID transmit data back to the UK. They will at least have info on the engines such as fuel flow, thrust settings, EGT data etc. It may even give data on location. It certainly will work as long as the power from the generators is still working. Its better then nothing. It would tell…

Things I've learned about car fires, (mainly during auto racing crash response):

There's a new movie out on this take over - staring OJ I think?

The report from this newspaper reminds me of every article in Readers Digest or the National Enquirer where either editors with a religious slant or sucking up to their readers demographics would preface every quite from an accident victim or family member with a religious quote like, Thank God, 'its in the hands of…

Asshole much?

Of course then there is this 'retirement' - apparently he was a German flight commander on his last flight/duty day.

True enough Steven. I guess that not all accidents get tickets - espy where you were run off the road. But if you cause an accident such as passing on the right - yeah the tickets can be huge. I know passing on the right is a one year suspension on public roads (plus the fine) and I believe this also applies on the…

1. The wear and tear is covered under normal budgeting and is a known (un detected/un billed accident damage can even be predicted from previous years data and factored into cost recovery future price increases)

Some say that WW2 saved the life of Hans Stuck as there is a report that the T80 was ready to be tested on the autobahn and that there was some sort of delay getting permission to close the Frankfurt am Main to Darmstadt section for a Sunday in April 1939. This didn't occur mainly because of weather and a sudden…

I don't think you could ever light it properly - I mean street lights don't count. The dips wouldn't show up as dips at something over 150kph and could surprise you when they looked flat - and were not... That's why when they run the 24H race they have a lot of crashes in areas of the circuit where you wouldn't think…

Leftist compared to your rightest views? Label much? See what I did here? Its easy and fun to put people into little boxes and then check them off. Job done - he's put into a box that makes you feel comfortable. Yup, you've identified the enemy - categorized him. You know nothing about him or the subject but you've…

The other aspect of the area is historical. I never had the time to travel around the little villages inside and outside the track but the fighting around the track by U.S. Army's 11th Armored Division 41st Tank Battalion (Thunderbolts) took many casualties around the Südscheilfe near Mullenbach (pill boxes) and two…

There is a difference between maintenance costs and 'fixing' (traffic damage). Both are covered - one general revenue accounts the other from the drivers/insurance companies.

Damage is paid for. CCTV sees a lot of what occurs. This is what people who have never driven on the track fail to understand esspy idiots who pass incorrectly or act like assholes. The staff in the control room call the police the minute they see a car into a rail. The cars involved in incidents are stopped at the…

"Tourist drives cost money in track damage and pay very little."

But see, unless you are a for profit group - your a commie and there are no good commies or non-profits (that do a fine job). Zero sum around here.

You don't want to be out on the Ring at 3am...