Charles Kaman was an unrecognized genius in my book. More than the intermeshing rotor design, his servo-flap controlled rotor blade had several advantages over traditional control systems. Each blade twisted based on the flap position. No blade/hub pitch bearing needed. Also, no need for hydraulic assist - the pilot…

City of Los Angeles still has theirs:

WTF are you babbling about? ATC in the U.S. has always been part of the FAA’s domain. You know, the Federal Aviation Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Newsflash, you can’t nationalize a government agency. Reagan fired ATC controllers when they went on strike, violating the Federal Labor…

Heck, Google Nike Hercules. Nuclear warheads literally in your back yard. New Jersy is the site of one of the worst nuclear accidents when a Bomarc surface-to-air missle blew up in it’s silo. Warhead didn’t detonate, but it sure made a plutonium mess.

Hey, if you’re anywhere near Vandenberg AFB you get to see Minuteman launches, sans warheads. Kinda creepy to look up and see an ICBM on its way, even though it’s a test shot on its way to Kwajalein.

Hell, the U.S. had an ice-breaking tanker back in the 60s that made it through the Northwest Passage, the SS Manhattan:

Or mid-5 figures for an 850Csi. Only 200 in the U.S. Trust me guys, buy one now and sit back.

The largest group of universities in the U.S. is run by the Jesuits, dummy.

Whoever this judge is, he’s got my vote for president over the two idiots we got now. Not often do you see such reasoned prose. All that wit thrown in for good measure seals it.

BOMARC Accident

My point was, for an aircraft designed in the 60s, 747's have always been *fast* (Mmo for variants between .88 and .92). Get an almost million pound aircraft off a reasonably-sized runway and booking along at speeds that match or exceed the brie-munching, champagne-swilling crowd is an engineering feat. Only the…

Actually, that big-ass 747 is faster. Mmo is .9. IIRC, the Falcon is around .87. 747's have always been speedsters.

Brought to them in the late 1950s by a gentleman named Demming.

They sell enough of them to keep it in production for 15 years and counting.

The V Rod’s Revolution engine has been in production since 2001.

I always thought it was enamel.

Because it screams “asshole”.

My V Rod is plenty quick. And I don’t own a stitch of HD apparel, wear a full face, run stock exhausts, and wave to everybody.

Scottsdale. The guy who sold Go Daddy for a bazillion bucks built what might be the world’s largest motorcycle dealership. It’s very nice inside and the staff are super outgoing.

The V-22 always had a cross-shaft. Ditto its predecessor, the XV-15.