I'm not taking diction lessons from clods that can't even pronounce "aluminum".

Cubs are safer than V-tails. Worst case you lose an engine in a Cub at hit the ground at 30 MPH.

Not until you receive your license are you allowed to carry passengers. Gotta pass a written and practical (i.e, in-flight) exams. Even with a PPL, you have to be "current" to carry pax.

Please name me a "German Oil Company" of any decent size.

I figured out how to make the Optispark last - it was all the water pump's fault. The LT1 pumps are shaft driven off the timing gear and the seal eventually fails. Drips onto the Optispark below and kills it. I just plumbed a fitting into the pump's weep hole and routed a small vacuum hose *around* the Optispark.…

He was a huge benefactor here in Santa Barbara. Always there for a fundraiser or charity event.

When the door pillar decal plainly states "Product of BMW Motorsports", it's an M car. Engine is an S70.

I'd put the 850csi on the list. Only V-12 of the lot. And yes, it's an "M" car. WBS VIN prefix.

That's called a rabbit, and it helps pilots to transition from an instrument approach to visual.

The parachute was deployed to slow the entire package to about 180 mph, then detached. The skycrane actually deposited Curiosity on the surface.

Unfortunately, this "one guy/gal, one thingamajig" assembly technique only works for low-volume, high-margin stuff. Search YouTube for Catepillar and you'll see the same type/bunch assembling a 3516 marine/industrial diesel the size of your truck, albeit with a bunch of overhead cranes and huge power tools. It's not…

Doesn't the leading vessel have the right-of-way?

Bezos is getting desperate with his "I'll make money someday" promises to his stockholders. This is pathetic.

That's an irrigation water pressure regulator and backflow preventer. Essentially, sprinklers.

Nope. Show the mangled, burned up hulk. Reminder to folks that physics always wins in the end. Six figure cars cannot inoculate you against that.

Isn't the top "hole" Nellis (actually Tonopah) and the bottom one Edwards/China Lake (R-2508)? Nellis being hot 24/7 I can understand. Edwards? C'mon.

The problem isn't airspace, it's runways, or lack thereof.

I think you're referring to marquetry and inlay. The Orient Express railroad coaches contain a mind-blowing assortment of this artwork strewn all over the cars.

Aren't all car wood interiors veneer?

Actually, BMW got the interlocked RR emblem and the radiator grill as trademarks, and the use of the name Rolls-Royce. That's it. VW got the Crewe factory, dealer network, and everything else, including *the* Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, AX 201. Must gall the hell out of BMW when Bentley rolls out *their* car at…