How about the Spruce Goose?

Speed Limit Enforced By Aircraft

There is an element of sci-fi cool in the design of the SR-71 that no other plane has matched. Visually, it remains one of the coolest planes ever built.

My Dad's cousin was an Airforce pilot and flew these and the U-2 spyplanes over the Soviet Union

One day while I was working in McMinnville, Oregon I got to see the Spruce Goose moved through city streets on its way to the Evergreen Air Museum. Unbelievable sight.

I love this airplane. To me, it's the most beautiful flying machine ever made.

Do you not get to count the space shuttle driving through LA to it's final destinations?

Having lived and worked in both Colorado and New Mexico where significant archeological finds can be stumbled across at ground level, I say "DAMN STRAIGHT!!" I don't care how small it is, how "unimportant" you think it is or how you only wanted something to show your grandma. Take nothing but pictures and leave…

I'm working on a Late Woodland site that has been hit by looters numerous times over the decades. Figuring out what's happening in one of the middens is proving to be incredibly frustrating due to the giant backhoe trench running through the middle of it from the 1950s. The site formation processes are much harder to…

As an art conservator, I would like to add that the violent removal of an object from its environment can be catastrophic for the object itself and all information it carries. When you find an object, you do not simply remove it. There are numerous factors to be consider, humidity levels, temperature, and many, many…

As another archaeologist, I agree wholeheartedly with trudibell_'s statement! One of the first things archaeologists are taught is that context is extremely important, somewhat to the point of cliche.

And my Catholic teachers of yesteryear would laugh and say, "You know God is great and wise enough to (instruct people to) write in metaphors, yes? So, just calm down and stop being extremists."

It seems like a proper Doctor Who tapestry would criss-cross and loop back on itself every which way. The final shape would likely be something that cannot be adequately described by existing mathematics.

My father worked with the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities during a time when many mental institutions were shutting down in the state of Connecticut. He tells me that many of them were shut down so quickly that staff basically were told to just leave. Apparently some places went to the…

Why can't the copper thieves hit these places instead of my damn street lights?