I have had a love affair with the Iowa class battleships since I was a little boy. I have a vast library on them and remember when the New Jersey was called up for action in Viet Nam in 1967 and later when all four Iowas were recommissioned during the Reagan Administration. Regardless of their age, there is still a…

Yes, and when I checked, there were at least 6 college football games on ABC, CBS, Fox Sports, CBS sports and several other outlets. I don't get why Fox couldn't have broadcast this on Fox Sports 2 or MAV TV. NBC Sports is doing the same thing with its plethora of soccer games so that F1 is party broadcast on CNBC. …

Well, those asshats at Fox decided it would be swell to air a college football game, not that we don't have an overload of them already. Fox Sports 2 has an ad at the bottom of the screen telling people to go to Fox Sports Go. Well, Fox Sports Go is not supported by Direct TV. So, I guess I can pretend I am watching…

Viva la France! Glad to see France willing to use some of its military might to fight ISIS.

Thank you Patrick. I saw that the race was going to be on today on Fox Sports 2, but tomorrow it will be on a local Fox channel. I assumed the race was split-Saturday for GT cars and Sunday for Prototypes. But, I checked my l0cal Fox outlet and they are showing a football game.

I read the article. It is about cell phones Einstein. Of course, there is no accounting for the stupidity of some people who post here. I guess Jalopnik is lowering its standards.

Normally, I am against more police intervention in our lives. But in this case, I will make an exception. I am so fed up with people texting and involved in deep conversations where they do not pay attention while driving. Case in point: in traffic jams, there are the gappers. Gappers who leave maybe 20-30 car lengths…

The British were actually ahead of the Germans in jet engine development. Sir Frank Whittle had a design for one as early as 1928. The service entry of both the Meteor and Me 262 was in 1944. While the Whittle engines were more reliable than the Jumo engines, the Me 262 had an advantage in overall design and its…

This technology is absolutely mind blowing. To have omnidirectional distributed aperture capabilities will no doubt completely change air combat forever. It is great also to see this being used for other military applications as well as civilian possibilities. Another 5 star article Tyler.

It would have to be the Me 262 because of the paradigm shift not only in the use of jet engines, but also swept back wings. Gloster had the Meteor which had jet engines, but its wings were conventional. There was no turning back after the war as the jet age was upon the world.

When I was scanning Jalopnik articles, I took note of the "last Vikings". Of course, I immediately thought of Viking sailors in longboats about to pillage an English sea village. Instead, I got a delightful read on the Navy's faithful and rugged plane that gave some of the best bang for the buck of any of its planes.…

The 917s that appeared with Gulf colors and the wedge tail did not appear until 1970 as K, or Kurz models. David Piper did an excellent job of taking an earlier version of the car and updating it. Here is what the 1969 917 looked like. They raced in white livery from the factory and the tail had a moveable rear wing…

Hmm, the last girlfriend I had was in the 1980s. When I told her that I ate eight pizzas, she decided to marry me because I was so merry. Not that we tied the knot right away.

That was the era of the gentlemen drivers. Drivers with class. Think Fangio, Moss, Collins, Phil Hill, Jim Clark, Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren, Graham Hill, John Surtees and Jack Brabham. They were more than drivers. They were sportsmen and good friends to boot. Nothing like today with drivers who have massive egos such…

"Whose", not Who's. Sorry, I am into homonyms.

Larry is responsible for the name, "Boss" which was so named because of his boss Bunkie Knudson. The subtle touches like the hockey stick stripes on the 1970 Boss 302 are what really made it such a sharp looking car. Not many '69s were sold.

Utterly fascinating article. I love the fact that lasers can intercept incoming missiles or rockets as well as taking out an enemy without the corresponding collateral damage. This may be a game changer, at least until the competition catches up with their own versions. I love the phaser comment from Star Trek because…

I spy some Ford GTs, Lola T70s and McLaren Mk 1Bs. Makes me yearn for the old USRRC Championship races of the mid 60s.

Now we are talking. The 956 in Rothman's colors ruled in Group C and the 962 was the cat's meow in IMSA GTP. Highly recommend Derek Bell's In Car 956 video. The laps at LeMans and the Nurburgring make it worth the price. Raphael, you made my day. Big tip of the hat to you!

Patrick, you forgot one more thing to do in Germany: Drive the Autobahn at insane speeds while fantasizing that you are in Rappahannock County giving the bird to those Nazi county mounties.