My dad didn’t bust his ass dodging the draft so you could ask me questions like that.

For the last 20 years, I’ve been playing in the Abilene Philharmonic, and whenever I’m in town (I live in Austin), I spend my free time out at Rister Park, smoking cigars and watching the show. I’ve gotten some pretty good spots out there, including this E-4 and this P-8. And here’s a Dyess Bone for good measure.…

Visibility is similar across full-face helmets. It’s minimally mandated at 105 degrees to each side and we humans can only use 90 degrees of that.

THIS. Jalopnik needs more of this, and this would have made a great reality show!

I don’t get it, Dodge has some of if not the best ads on tv:

You have been lied to your whole life.

It was actually considered out-dated even before Pearl Harbor. That being said, the Russians used it to great effect in the air to air arena and especially in the air to ground category. What interesting about that is that it was horribly suited to both in the European theater.

Man I love the P-40 too, always have. And you’re completely right, Op. Torch and the following campaign is completely overlooked for the most part (or at least in comparison to Op. Overlord, conflicts in Italy, the island hopping campaign, etc.).

The P-40 was outdated fairly quickly and was at a bit of a disadvantage not only in the Pacific theater vs. Japanese Zeroes but also in the high-altitude air battles over Europe. And yet it was a pretty good looking fighter, gave us the fantastic Flying Tigers livery, and was pretty reliable in CAS roles.

Agreed, it's the only theory I'm willing to support.

The S550 Mustangs

Elon Musk envisions self-driving cars being taken to their logical conclusion: crashes eliminated and drivers outlawed. After all, "You don't want a person driving a two-ton death machine," says Musk.

Agreed. Musk has pioneered electronic payments on the web, the private space industry, and the first mass-produced full EV worth owning. Even if he over-promises, he is still a bigger winner than the rest of us. Don't be jealous.

It's an all seeing eye...the great MI6.

"Alright, is the signal coming in?"
"YES. I SEE YOU."
"Great! How's my tie?"

It feels like the cold, clammy grasp of capitalism throwing you out on the street while a man in a flight suit and top hat runs you over.

Wow. That is friggin' impressive.

Aerodynamically it equates to cleaner air and better control authority. Even on the commercial planes the low-wing design adds vertical separation between the plane of the wing and the plane of the tail. Military cargo planes need a high wing to deal with FOD on Un/Semi-prepared surfaces. Thus, the tail needs to be…

1. Yes

She's not a pedestrian.