I thought the Raptor was still being used by AF squadrons to patrol our skies, and it is the high to our "high/low mix", just as the F-15 was to the F-16 (which John Boyd and the "fighter mafia" jammed down congress's throat when they didn't want to buy it).

>Be a hotshot jock
>Fly a new jet without tower clearance
>Try to fly it straight up like a rocket
>Engine dies, tries jamming on the engine switches while cursing
>Gives up on saving the jet and eject
>Gets welcomed back like some hero.

Wut?

I thought Edwards was so big for weapons training (Redflag; bombing/cannon ranges and low alt pursuit training), and the experimental aircraft testing was done in Area 51/The Red Zone? (Not that Area 51 isn't big, it looks roughly the size of the Vegas Strip)

ITT: Crackas tryna speak in our language.

If the police have multi-barrel grenade launchers, I want one too.

You know, for home defense..

My gf and I have our parents in NorCal and Washington respectively, and we live smack dab between them in Oregon. So travelling often for vacations is normal, we sometimes dread it (I dread it because I like to speed things along to get the road trip over with, but that usually ends with me in handcuffs).

Since my car…

Wanting "mechanical redundancies" sounds like being able to scoot your chauffeur out of the driver's seat when you realized he's taken you to the wrong side of town.

Which is alright, because what if Google Maps didn't document that particular address you're trying to go to. However, an xbox controller is hardly an…

I think the problem here is that we're calling them "self-driving cars". If we called them "transport pods", more people would be more inclined to embrace the Google car as an evolution of our commuting infrastructure.

You'd utilize a subway system in an abnormally large airport [like SFO] rather than walk from one end…

11/10, would Tap.

Pseudo-altruism aside, Google is also concerned about keeping it intellectual property safe, with Medford writing that, "This information is highly confidential, particularly during the testing phase before a product is brought to market. Public disclosure of this information could cause great financial harm to…

Yep, you read that correctly. We now live in a world where a 310 HP Mustang can do 31 MPG on the highway. That's a pretty good thing, even if that Ford gave it the wrong name.

To hell with road-laws, let's do this, and not tell the cops so they can chase the participants and give the trophy to the guy who escapes prosecution.

Of course, that may give an advantage to privateers without sponsors since cops could ask a bystander "what direction did that M&M car go?".

Whereas, that almost stock…

Really? I think this might be the most desirable grey market import into the US at this moment.

Something something police riots

Just to make sure the rear brakes lock up when you need it to.

I got 53-55.5 mpg average on a highway trip (obviously, I was going 63 in a 65) from Corvallis to Portland. But that was adding onto the average from previous trips too.

I now want to see what fuel economy you get when you stuff a Silverado diesel in it. I'll be impressed when it can match my Passat.

Yikes, I have nearsightedness, but it's only serious in one eye, I am still close to 20/20 in my right eye, hope I can get PRK on my own dime and be able to apply to be a flight officer after I finish college.

That, or give the 8C a diesel.

How severe is your eyesight? It's not a death sentence on a military aviation dream.

GTA doesn't roll with the yaw inputs like in real life.

Liquid metal... why not a nuclear powered supercar?


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