More choice in resins has made it more acceptable to offer composite structures in darker finishes (the Sparrowhawk is an example) but go look at the Type Certificate Data Sheets for some composite gliders. Especially with the earlier ones back in the mid to late 60's they would actually specify that the structure…

Well, except the vast numbers of Eastern Bloc aircraft that have been made using aluminum with an anodized finish.

“Crun:
Now, to finance. Apart from the aerodrome, we shall need five thousand pounds for the hangar.

Seagoon:
Five thousand pounds for a hanger? I’d rather hang my coat on a nail.

Grytpype-Thynne:
Mister Crun was referring to aeroplane hangars Neddy.

Seagoon:
Will my aeroplane need a hangar?

Crun:
It would lose it’s shape…

I’ll advise my neighbor with the straight-piped Harley that he should get a set of custom pies made that exit forward to make him more audible to anyone who might pull out in front of him... though that could result in some problems with ram air effect increased back pressure. He never seems to go over 50KMH though so…

Don’t despair! These chaps are on the case:

They are? Those don’t look like my wallpapers.

Thinking back to when I went to Laguna Seca for the 1993 Grand Prix races. Even with the 500's when they were approaching a corner at the end of a straight the first things I heard were wind and chain noise - way before I heard the engines. Much like when I’m at the airfield and watching our L-19 Bird Dog tow planes…

Slow start but some strong entries later on in that list. Didn’t expect a wartime DKW.... The Suzukis reminded me of seeing the new Jimny on a recent trip to the UK. I didn’t see much in England and Scotland that A: isn’t sold in North America and B: I really wanted but the Jimny was an exception. I sure saw why small…

Looks bad. I’m gonna make my own Moon movie. With blackjack... and hookers. In fact, forget the blackjack!

I saw Dylan Moran last year. One thing he said that I loved was how he had so far raised his kids to a level of awareness that they look at the world and ask “W.T.F.?” and that now is goal is to get them to the next stage: where they look at the world and say “O.F.F’s.S.!” I think of these as the Two Stages Of Dylan.…

Why use big words when diminutive elements of speech will suffice?

“Someday, this war is gonna end...”

I’m actually looking for one of these right now. A nice one was for sale locally but it was sold before I could go take a look at it. They’re not built of cardboard, cake frosting and velour as most older RV’s were and quite often the owners take very good care of them.

I’ve been a Star Wars fan since 1977 and I’ve long since given up on trying to find explanations that aren’t incredibly stupid.

So... rowing racing shells was a popular pastime among Mafia types back then? The part of Goodfellas showing Henry, Jimmy, Tommy and Paulie out in a four must have ended up on the cutting room floor.

Quantas once had a 32 hour non-stop scheduled route (in a Catalina). In comparison, this doesn’t seem too bad...

“Keep it analog if you can” When given the choice between an abacus and a slide rule, I’ll take the slide rule every time.

We were so primitive back in the 90's... when I crashed my RZ-350 I had no way whatsoever to share lovely pictures of the event with 200,000 #supersweet, #blessed friends. In fact the thought didn’t even occur to me! I got distracted by paltry little things such as getting someone to take me to the hospital, getting a…

Unless you’re hell-bent on the manual+diesel drivetrain this is CP. MSRP on a new Beetle convertible on VW Canada’s website is equivalent to about $21,400 U.S.

I still see B’s driving around here in the Vancouver area all the time. Lots were built and they are fun to drive and fairly easy to keep going. Like all old cars the Rust-Monster is the main cause of mortality, but the B seems to fare pretty well in fighting them off compared to many other cars of its time.