Citroën DS. It looks like it was originally designed to be a hovercraft.
the aircraft would orient itself vertically, breaking the sound barrier for the first time.
Other airlines who refuse to transport wildlife trophies include British Airways, Lufthansa, Emirates, Qantas, Qatar, Etihad, Iberia, Singapore Airlines, Brussels Airlines and South African Airways.
No way is that customer parking for an auction at Blackbushe - customer parking is a bit chaotic at BCA sites and it’s outside the fence. Those cars would all be auction stock, probably lined up waiting to be sold, since stock doesn’t stick around for long post-sale.
“As is” does not constitute carte blanche for vendors to mislead buyers and then fall back to “Serves you right for believing what I told you. I’m keeping the money, though.”
+1
This one is superb, but remember the golden rule:
Some Jalopniks may be familiar with that big stack of cars at Blackbushe airport; it’s one of the UK’s largest motor auction sites.
How much stuff do you need to carry around? If you make it easy on yourself, with a big vehicle and lots of gear and plenty of home comforts, isn’t it less of an adventure?
Whenever I sell a car, I make a point of leaving a CD in the slot which will enlighten the buyer and broaden their musical horizons. Not Creed, obviously.
Apparently RT are trying to rebuild credibility, which means showing something other than “yay Putin!”. Credibility is not an all-or-nothing thing, though...
It’s the Ottoman Succession.
Many years ago, in 2001, I had a long-haul flight into Chicago with KLM, or at least a codeshare (with United or BMI or whoever). The approach was the worst I’ve ever had that didn’t involve clinging to webbing in a helicopter. The view out of the window rapidly alternated between land-sky-land-sky-land. I was…
Most jurisdictions with a functional vehicle-registration scheme will require that customers drive away a vehicle with valid registration plates, and have processes in place to make this easy.
Getting a name through social engineering is rarely difficult, if you’re patient.
Oh, sorry. Since you said that you were an IA professional, I assumed that you already understood that risk is not boolean. Car industry stakeholders - including safety regulators - already understand this.
As a fellow IA professional, I disagree; it’s not helpful to talk in such absolute black-and-white terms.
We don’t insist that seatbelts or airbags reduce fatalities to zero; we just ask that they meet reasonable safety standards. We don’t ask that new engines reduce breakdowns to zero; we just want them to be…