Hahahaha!

In Soviet Russia, helicopter packs YOU!

And likewise the V22 is packable as well, if needed for the entourage. It’s actually kinda cool:

I don’t know much about the Sea King, but the Whitehawk (Blackhawk, UH60, whatever) can have it’s blades folded, tail folded, stabilator removed and easily packed in quite a few of the fixed wing transports. It is generally flown to the distant location, unpacked, put back in flying order, and ready to receive the…

No and no. (but maybe).

1. He should be in either the Sea King or the Whitehawk. (Buuuuuuut, perhaps discreetly he’s not in any of them... or he’s in the V22... or he arrived a day early. It’s a mystery! *dons several tinfoil hats*)

2. As much as I knock the V22 (since I am a helicopter guy and generally of a tiltrotor…

- For when Miata isn’t the answer...
- When you want Front Engine, RWD, Top down
- 290 HP, 340 lb ft (with factory upgrade kit)
- mated to a 5 Speed MANUAL
- And you want a car from a dead manufacturer...
- And because the Pontiac version just looked like lipstick-on wheels...

Speed holes. You always need them speed holes.

*bows to the knowledge*

That I can agree to. Pretty much all the terms we are using are generic and the materials used are just as important as the different processes used. I mean hell... the end product is a bunch of polymers.

I guess in my daily use, I am used to the two part epoxies with the mild exothermic…

The plastic is plastic. Epoxy (typically 2-part epoxy resins) are just that... epoxy resins. In CFRP, the plastic somewhat acts like the epoxy. It’s an entirely different process with somewhat similar goals.

But shit, what do I know... I’ve only done hand-laid woven fiberglass, aramid, and carbon fiber in marine…

I also support the vote for E38. Because reasons. Sexy, sexy, timeless sexy reasons.

I like the cut of your jib. Haha!

Well, I mean part of it is. It’s not epoxied carbon fiber... or that crazy EZ-baked carbon fiber... but it is carbon fiber.

I have the 4 cylinder... and I cannot express how much a manual is needed with the shitty auto-slushbox they give us. (2011)

[deletified, I was looking at a different stock than I was thinking]

If you don’t own some already, I wouldn’t put LMT in the “buy” category for a while. My feeling is that it’s quite inflated (which is probably the main reason for a recent decline). But at the time I bought it... totally worth it.

The dividends aren’t bad either.

I bought in the middle of 2012. I don’t day trade…

Your point about the program being a mess though... valid. And I say that as a Lockheed Martin shareholder.

Every aviation incident is PAINSTAKINGLY investigated and are lengthy due in part to this. Granted, a great deal of idle hands and bureaucracy as well... but still...

And there are many hands that failed equipment will be analyzed by to include the FAA, the branch of service the craft belonged to (sometimes joint…

I hate crossovers. I love Mazda. I hate the CX-5... yet... I WANT THIS. I know that eventually reasoning will kick in and acknowledgment that it would not make a good off-roader... but that does *look* like a fun fricken trail ride.

*liked* for the truth that Kandahar stalls (and many of the shitboxes over there) had a great deal of hilarity.

1.5 disks apart for some of that... tight formation for helicopters. It looks like some well-executed maneuvers as well. I’d love to see the show myself, honestly. I always have respect for good piloting, regardless of the country of origin.

Well... at least it looks cool. So there is that.