On short final for Runway 1R. There are 6 aircraft in this picture.

2nd photo pass.

I took these pics from the Smithsonian Museum's Annex by the Dulles Airport, so the orbiter and 747 were quite low. I was thrilled to be there.

How hard would it have been to run up to the car, open a door, and knock the driver silly until he stopped?

Turning radius. Knowing it is the difference between a 3-point turn and a multi-point turnaround disaster.

Cool! I learned to drive on a first-gen Caravan with a stick. #oppositelock

It's probably just as well... The ones on my Elantra fell off on their own after 5 or 6 years and left a sticky residue.

My dad bought a Sonata from College Park Hyundai in 2007. True to form, he walked in there with a couple written quotes from other dealers and told them to match it or he'd walk.

I am inspired and lifted up by your words. #COTD

I totally sympathize. My parents got us quite a bit of Legos, fortunately. They did buy a couple buckets of basic blocks made by Tyco, but my parents had no delusions about them being inferior. To be fair though, the Tycos were a decent substitute for 'unimportant' parts of whatever model we were building at the…

Ha! I've got that same motor / battery pack. Torqueless wonder, it is. I see by your gearing arrangement that you know this too.

Ha! I've got that same motor / battery pack. Torqueless wonder, it is. I see by your gearing arrangement that you know this too.

That was fun! Great post.

2000 mph at sea level would be terrible. But the key is air density. The Blackbird pilot went on to explain that at the altitude they typically flew (75k feet or so), the air was very thin, such that they would prefer to eject at Mach 3 up there than at less than Mach 1 near sea level. The air was so thin that the…

I've heard (directly from a SR-71 Blackbird pilot) that they were grounded after 2 ejections. By the time he was flying them, he had already ejected once (from a different aircraft).

.......(I'm the baws.)

Naw, man. That ain't me.

Here's mine. I have no delusions about the condition of my truck.

Citroen DS.

Right. And then there's physics. Cars are heavy, have a steel frame, are optimized for durability and (sometimes) handling. Planes are light, flimsy in areas that permit it, and are designed for a different purpose than cars. Right there, you've got a dichotomy. Jack of all trades, master of none, etc.