If I knew somebody named XXXX, I wouldn't make him wait for anything. You don't mess with somebody named XXXX.

Possibly, but I don't like the look of that right wing. At the very least, it will cost a significant portion of that little plane's probably sub-$20k value to put it back together. Let's hope it's rebuildable.

Paul Allen is a boss. He should be Gizmodo's billionaire mascot. Bill Gates's philanthropy is great, sure, but how many MAJOR scientific projects today wouldn't exist without Paul Allen?

Just like I learned from the movies, all English bad guys are named Terry.

That's not a Piper, silly. It's a Taylorcraft.

@lycosman: I like your style. You get a heart-click.

I'm sorry to hear that. Diabetes is an illness I wouldn't wish upon anyone. There have been motions in the US for it to be stricken from the list of exclusions for at least a Sport Pilot medical, but nothing yet. You sound intelligent enough to at least spend 10 hours in an airplane with an instructor before going…

Sustained.

It's none of my business why you may or may not meet medical requirements to get you license, but I do have to ask, do you realize how ridiculously lenient the medical requirements are? It's a joke among pilots that the only requirement for a third-class medical is to be able to fog a piece of glass. If you're not…

@PJRockastanski: Yes. Except that centripetal force does not accelerate the train outwards, centrifugal force (or, if we want to be pedantic, a fictitious force caused by the train's aversion to changes in velocity imposed upon it by the tracks) is what causes the illusion of outward acceleration.

@rl78: Yes.

You could always just get a Cessna 150 for less than $20 grand. Then, since you now own your own airplane, you could get your private license really cheap, certainly less than $5,000. Then you can fly around and enjoy the fact that you saved $14k over this stupid toy, and are now 100 times less likely to kill…

Although anybody who has their pilot's license would have learned on their first day that "slow and low to the ground" is the most dangerous possible flight configuration.

Liberians?

I'll need to save this picture. I saw a kid driving around in one of these once, and did a major double-take. I've tried unsuccessfully to describe that car to many people since then, but have never really been able to do so (the best I could come up with was "stretched beetle landaulet" or "VW Scrooge McDuck car").…

Not to mention the best front seats ever designed.

Man, I wish "Heavy Duty Suspension" was still a readily available option.

@philaDLJ: Sorry man, that's definitely an RB Accent.