Navy ships make their own fresh water. This ship needs marine fuel oil and aviation fuel.

They do, or at least American flagged vessels, according to the Jones Act. Any ship moving between two U.S. ports has to be American flagged, American owned, American staffed, and built in the U.S. Tankers moving oil between Valdez, Alaska and the West Coast are all U.S. flagged and manned, and built here in the…

Guys, you wanna see a Bentley seriously drift look up Top Gear on YT. Clarkson tears up a Bentley Brooklands Coupe to the point it sheds tread. Great video.

Not living in a cave like you. Another newsflash for you: Sean Penn and Madonna broke up.

Uh, no, they're not. Have you been asleep for the past 14 years?

Gates and Jobs both ripped off Xerox Parc and a radical desktop computer called the Star. It also introduced Ethernet, Postscript, Smalltalk, and file and print servers. Job's only contribution was the one-button mouse, and Gate's was the two-button with context menu.

Forgot the 850CSi. Only BMW to date with a Motorsports V-12.

Yes. IIRC they have 2nd order forces which can be balanced with a countershaft. I6's, opposed sixes and V-12 have no free forces or moments.

Speaking of slant noses, flippy uppy headlights, whitewalls and hubcaps:

That last one reminds me of a Khamsin:

Folks are missing two big items: 1) Li battery fires can persist for up to 24 hours and 2) Copious amounts of water are needed to douse the fire. Not specific to Tesla, but what happens when some EV catches fire on the 10 Freeway in L.A. during rush hour and lands up burning for the better part of the day? And…

Question: Why can't the USAF invest in a nice radar altimeter for the U-2 like everybody else? Maybe save some bucks?

I don't get this either. The "boomless" supersonic aircraft has been the aeronautic Holy Grail forever, yet nothing's repealed the laws of fluid dynamics. And yeah, yeah, all you have to do is slowly accelerate the airflow across the fuselage and wing and you won't develop a shock wave. Sadly, the Goodyear blimp is…

National Aeronautics and Space Administration? Sheesh.

Hell, you think that's squished? The old Mercedes 600 Grosser had *hydraulically* assisted door latches. Just imagine what 1000 PSI feels like.

The A-10's other secret weapon is the engine. That big old GE TF34 back there is a high-bypass turbofan that likes low altitudes and slow speeds, while burning a modest amount of fuel down on the deck. I seriously doubt some fighter has the same fuel specifics while operating in the CAS role, meaning more trips to…

Also, Google "dihedral effect". It's the rolling motion imparted during a aircraft side-slipping caused by abrupt changes in wind direction. Aircraft designers reduce this effect by increasing the dihedral angle of the wings. It's related to a nasty aeronautic effect called "Dutch roll" where a yaw moment…

Found a picture:

Easy. Mercedes Benz 600 Grosser ignition key. Rather than the typical sawtooth design, the key comprised a series of countersunk depressions on both sides of the key blade which matched up with pins. Don't have a picture handy, but it was definitely unique. I can't imagine how you'd have that key duplicated today.

All things being equal, it's a matter of wing loading. Higher wing loading means less susceptibility to gusts. Plus the 747 has a lower aspect wing than the A330 with a 38 degree sweep and a Vmo of .92 Mach making it a hot rod, albeit a really big hot rod.