Exactly. “Wow, I wonder where our paths differed... it’s a complete mystery to me why I’m the judge and you’ve been arrested for robbery...”

“Why didn’t you just go to law school and become a judge like I did, Arthur? I mean, it’s a pretty simple solution...”

some people do it, because they don’t want to be seen as dumb

THIS. As I read this article, all I could think was “How can we as humans design and build things like tilt rotor aircraft, the space shuttle, the space station, robotic surgical machinery, and fucking prosthetic limbs that connect to our brains with electrodes, but not successfully design a flak jacket that can be…

It wasn’t a failure in evcauation procedure, the article mentions that there wasn’t time enough to deploy the raft. The real problem is that their flotation vests didn’t work and that there (apparently) wasn’t some of quick release mechanism on their body armor so they could ditch it quickly in the case of an…

They were trying to dump weight, hoping fewer crew would help. It may have helped get the aircraft high enough to get on deck, maybe even saving those that did survive.

They also bailed out to save weight. I can only imagine the rotor (prop?) wash here wasn’t helping either.

What a shitty decision to be faced with. Do I stay on board this rapidly sinking out of control machine with rotors of death overhead or make a swim for it?

The saddest part is that the dude died because he jumped in the water. It’s not like they crashed and he died in the crash, or that he fell from a great height. He bailed, from extremely low altitude, and had too much gear on to swim. What a fucking shitty way to die.

Something something statistics, but I swear these things constantly kill people for the dumbest reasons. This Osprey didn’t even crash, but still resulted in someone drowning.

Go with Gods speed Corporal, with our blessing & a heavy heart...

And the power delivery is more or less perfect...yeah, bring on the electrics...can’t wait for better batteries/power storage...

Agreed. The GoPro was perfectly placed on Millen’s car. The Loeb video was all over the place but you do get to see the speedo: >130mph!

I totally agree. In fact, without the distraction of the noise, it’s easier to concentrate on watching the racers’ technique.

The electric version is like the automotive equivalent of gliding, a much purer aeronautic experience than a powered plane, IMHO. I think this electrickery may have a future!

In '06, we just got it through our Kurdish interpreters. I mean, people did. So I heard.

I'll think about some stuff. That said, I was in sleepy bumpkin country in 2009. Both sides had pooped themselves out and were catching their breath, so we took nary a round (outside of indirect, which really doesn't count). That said, there was lots of man-drama as is want to happen in an all-male combat arms unit.

See, that's so much better than the way the Army did in in Iraq in 2009.

The Multinational Division Baghdad commander was insistent that his his boys and girls should be able to get watch the Superbowl with a beer. So he petitioned General Odierno, the then head of Multinational Forces Iraq to let his folks get two…

Did the deliverers look like this?