I think the failure issue was 9% higher than as presented originally to the EPA. Some are saying that these test failures are finally shining a spotlight into that murky industry of vehicle compliance companies. There is a basic conflict between these companies and the manufactures that they do the testing on behalf…

Calling anyone whom dares question your ‘theory’ a moron is usually a very telling response of a disturbed individual with delusions of grandeur.

You’ve disproved your own theory. What happens when 1/3 of the weight is removed from the front of an aircraft? The remaining 2/3’s being heavier than the rest of the now missing aircraft push the centre of gravity aft. The engines still in thrust mode ( what happens when you push the throttles up on an aircraft?…

- It always begins with the ‘Government conspiracy’.

You’re starting to sound like your off your meds.

You’re starting to sound like. 911 truther and Benghazi troll.

The ‘theory’ was that it was ‘supposed’ to be a poor mans P1 class for privateers. It’s turned out to be a black hole for marketing. FIA has turned P2 into a series for privateers instead and this has left LMP1 as a fairly redundant class. An LMP1 will never be allowed to win a race through a rules package change or…

“Now it’s Bottas’ turn to take the inside line and knock Räikkönen out of place.”

Still butt hurt over losing a war.

I think most of the issues are the Tilke dromes that are being built for F1 now. Most of the classic race tracks have provided pretty good racing even in this era of BS hybrid/turbo/crappy tires technology.

There is an escalation clause in all F1 contracts that generally keeps going up by a % in each seceding year of five year contract. If you do an eight or ten year deal Bernie drops the escalation numbers (%) slightly the longer you bend over for him. The numbers are secret as he does different deals depending if he…

You’re talking about sports with multiple events per season against ONE event. If you want to compare apples to apples you would compare the USF1 event with the super bowl or World Series final game.

So showing up in international waters with dredging equipment, creating a port for ships and runways for military aircraft and then parking yourself there and just like in a Monty Python scene, shouting, ‘none shall pass’ is of course comparible to sailing by in a ship and returning to your home port. Of course it is.

What's the over and under for COTA financially? I hear it's not doing well - management keeps changing. WEC people made some disparaging comments.

The single greatest Juan moment, (with a DC impression of it at the end.)

I had a collage instructor that came over from the UK for the Arrow program to work as an engineer and his stories and pictures were fasinating and sad at the same time.

But you would have to agree that the F-4 was a hammer compared to little Mig 17’s or slightly larger Mig 21’s using horsepower to maneuver into lock positions or escape a gun solution by going vertical at huge rate changes. There is a great difference between early models such as the B and later models. It seems as if…

The only thing in the F-111’s favour is that it led directly to the F-14 Tom Cat. FYI: They actually had landing tests for the F-111B (Navy ver) on a carrier. What a monster.

CWH has an Orenda Iroquois as does the Canada Aviation Museam at Rockcliff. I dont know the story about ‘how’ the Iroquois got to Hamilton but I suspect it might have ‘disapeared’ from Lax Metals on Barton St when the airframes, tooling and other parts were sent there for cutting up and melting. Lots of rumours of…