Based on how fast he was going and the angle he was at, I don't think he would have survived if that tractor wasn't there. Going nose first straight into 3 rows of tires wouldn't have dissipated much of the energy. If he was a couple feet to the right, he would have missed that wall and slammed into back of the guard…

Carlos Hathcock was in his own league. Chris Kyle even said in his book that he wasn't the best shot, but he happened to be the luckiest where the bad guys always ended up in the crosshairs of his scope even if he gave the other snipers the better vantage point.

The best weapon it can carry on board is a female pilot. No 72 virgins if they get killed by a woman.

The S-97 has been in development for quite a long time. Sikorsky's model numbers are based on the project's starting year. So the S-97 began its development in 1997, 17 years ago.

4th gen Subaru Legacy was offered a turbo, it just didn't sell. They are super easy to mod since it can use a lot of the Impreza WRX STi parts.

We have these speed humps every where in California. I go over 12 of them everyday. Ours are painted though. Now we still have people that fly over them. That's their fault. The speed limit is 25 mph, if you go over at 25, you will just barely get airborne.

The stupid thing about the plot was no planes can land without this software and tower communication. Well most non-ex-military pilots learned how to fly under VFR with no TCAS at uncontrolled airports. In other words, you look out the window for other airplanes, fly towards the airport and land when there are no…

You do know what Lotus stands for? Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious. LOL.

One method they didn't test was Southwest boarding using the front and rear doors which is what they do at Burbank airport due to lack of jet bridges.

They aren't scheduled for decommissioning till 2040. Hopefully it'll handle the abuse they are putting it through. The pilots have been very hard on this plane. We built some new hinges for the spoilers a few years back for a fleet wide replacement. When we inquired why they changed from aluminum to stainless steel,…

I used to live in Davis. There's plenty of chest thumping, but they can't hit the side of a barn if they were standing inside. Going to the YSA shooting range on a Wednesday morning after they have been there the day before is quite amusing. Basically everything but the targets have been shot to pieces.

Davis PD's MRAP is going back. City council gave them 60 days to get rid of it at the last meeting.

On another forum, one guy mentioned that his wife was a lawyer and wrote on the contract that any dealer advertising on the vehicle will require the dealer to pay them at a rate of $1 per day. In order to close the sale and not write up another contract, they removed all the dealer logos from the car.

Why would we need pilots to know how to dogfight? We have these fancy BVR missiles.

You can't have him burn if the building catches on fire. Probably wears nomex flight gloves too. At least they don't wear helmets in case they fall out of the office chair.

just another Robbie pilot doing stupid things. Wire strike kit wouldn't have done anything in this situation. Helicopter usually stay away from power lines and usually fly over the poles since you can easily see them.

Not ambidextrous so left handed users (watch on the right hand) are screwed.

If they use optics for focus the image out to infinity, that would be a great system. Sticking a cell phone on the dash doesn't really work well as a HUD because your eyes still need to focus down to a few feet to read the display. If it was focused to infinity it would appear on the same focal plane as everything in…

Just stay away from Robbie's. They typically crash one every other week. This week was busy. Two crashes in the US for this month already.

It's a government vehicle, they were on patrol, just in the wrong area. The F-16 was conducting gun runs on vehicles.