Why does it have to be one team versus the other? Corruption in defense procurement happens on each side of the isle. Sick of this Monday Night Football view of politics, one side is good the other is bad. That is a simplified and self serving view of politics in America and is more destructive tha any broken…

It's not like the military doesn't understand that concurrency doesn't really work. The F-100A was developed under the Cook-Craigie concept of concurrency in 1951. Sure the Super Sabre got into squadron service much faster, but at the cost of the life of renowned test pilot George Welch and a few dozen aircraft. The…

For a second I though this pilot was in big trouble launching with air brakes extended before I remembered it must be the VTOL hatch.

I bet the Navy could have bought that second QE boat for cheap.

*Citation needed.

BWAHAHA!

But they don't work so there is also that.

I was always able to sand, prime and paint away the glue mistakes EXCEPT on the clear cockpit "glass." You ever got glue on that, you were boned.

The X-55's huge parts were baked in room-sized, low-temp ovens

Big whup, I've been bonding composite aircraft for over thirty years now, give me a contract.

YOu need a proper avatar.

I have a 2005 Subaru Baja with the turbo EJ255. Bought it less than a year ago with 140K miles. Had an injector fail that caused a lean cylinder/burnt valves/loss of compression. My mechanic who has done excellent work in the past on my various vehicles, got the job. As the motor is torn down, rod knock is detected,…

The worst experience was me interning at a Lexus dealer. Unfortunately the mechanic could have avoided this and well I learn something for sure.

I had a 2001 VW Jetta 1.8T that the oil pan decided to get a fist sized hole and nuke itself with a quickness. I took it to a shop with decent reviews, a clean yet busy shop that focused specifically on German autos. I was quoted for a new motor, new T3\4 turbo, Revo Tuned and matching ECU for the new block, all the…

I bought a J30t from a used car dealer. Great detailed condition, relatively low miles, good price. As is good practice, I took it to a local mechanic to do the pre-purchase inspection, and paid extra for the "up-on-the-lift" gritty details for the underside inspection. The inspection came back with a clean bill of…

I'm my own mechanic. Everything goes perfectly with everything I do.

Former Honda dealership tech here. Before they became a widely known issue, I had a 2006 Civic come in for a coolant leak. It appeared to me that the crossover pipe (a tube that goes from the thermostat housing to the water pump behind the exhaust manifold) was spraying a mist of coolant all over the front of the…

I will be interested to see if the R.A.F. follows suit with how they did with the D-Day livery on a Typhoon.

“When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can’t run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army…

“I hope you step on a Lego”