Too cool, Doug. I think I’d take this over the Ferrari, any day. I’ve always had a soft spot for these cars.

If memory serves, it prevents any incidents that would either cause a screw to fall off (since they remove the engines and transfer cases, leaving nothing for the screws to be retained by) or cause the rudder to "hard over" since they remove the steering gear and tiller systems.

Is it inappropriate to ask which ship you volunteered on?

Former Republican here, and you're pretty much correct. I had to distance myself from my remarkably conservative family when I got involved in the furry culture.

They're heated to a degree, since airlines carry live cargo from time to time and it gets awful cold at altitude.

There's actually a light in the cockpit that pilots call the "dead dog light" to indicate a HVAC or pressurization failure in the hold.

God I love that sound.

I’ve seen this thing lumbering around Philly from time to time. Now I know who owns it. I tip my hat to you, sir. If I see it again, I may hold up traffic while I stop and stare. I love these big ol’ trucks (being from Texas) and this was one of those trucks that I always wanted to buy but never really could afford.

I guess you have to live there. KDFW was my home airport for years and years and I enjoy it every time I’m there, no matter what the time of year. It was a mismanaged heap back when I was a kid because Dallas and Fort Worth hate each other, but after they removed the old TrAAin, installed the SkyLink and renovated the…

Having flown into KATL just this past weekend, I can attest to this. Even though it was the terminus of my trip, I spent more time in the airport walking from my gate to the baggage claim to the rental car hub than I did driving to my hotel. It didn’t help that we parked at Terminal E. You can’t see the other end of…

I was in that store earlier that afternoon pre-ordering MLB The Show 15. Probably a couple of hours before this happened. I didn't even find out about this until Friday.

If there's anyone in Dallas that has the skinny on this thing, it's Jared. I'd lay odds he's right.

I agree with this, wholeheartedly.

Another very good and informative article, Tyler. I think you're on to something when you say it's less about the aircraft's capabilities and more about the fact that Lockheed really, really, really, really wants the F-35A to be loved and the Air Force can't justify the F-35A if the A-10s are still doing what they do.…

She sounds like the kind of person who would sign a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide...

Small world. I was raised out in Lake Worth and regularly sat on my front porch to watch the B-52s and the C-5s come in before they closed Carswell AFB down, and then spent my formative years watching F-18s and C-130s and the odd F-16 (and the F-35 later)

NRSJRB? Is that NAS Fort Worth JRB out in Lake Worth, per chance?

Unrelated, but he was assigned to Alamogoo-goo when my wife was born there, which I found just as interesting as the whole article.

Always good to meet fellow writers, even if it's one blogs like this. Most of my experience comes from screenplay writing (a couple of which have gone on to win awards, so there's been some limited success) and short stories. The project I have now is an animated thing so I'll probably never get it done unless I "wow"…

This right here is the boat that I've been in for going on six years now with a project of my own. The only thing holding me back is affording the art; everything else is pretty much done.