A pretty amazing plane. I saw it when it carried Discovery to the NASM at Dulles VA in 2012

It will probably only be free for a week of test flights before they slap a hefty price on it. I did several flights early last year that the DirecTV and streaming movies on demand were free. But now it's $10 a flight. Can't even get the inflight map for free now. If the flight is delayed an hour they may give you…

I love how there is no terror at all on this guy. Just a "hang on a sec," kind of reaction. Almost expect him to just turn around in the next frame and keep on talking like nothing had happened.

and get shot...

Yup, I did all the research years ago on it. You can't even access the content if you did pay your license and were just on a business trip outside the country. The firewalls would spot the foreign IP and block you. I really just wanted to watch all the old episodes of scrapheap, miss that show.

I never understood why you could never just pay for a subscription to the BBC if you lived outside the country. It's a pet peeve on almost every expat site I've seen. Instead the VPN sites get the money.

How about "Nobody Likes a Smartass"

This type of aircraft is called a Para-Plane and it comes in many varieties. There is one that flies over my house every weekend and it’s slow but interesting to watch. It is basically a big parachute that is being pulled forward by the large fan motor it supports underneath. It is a very safe design in that when the…