Yes, but they wear out about as fast as winter tires do in the summer. Run with those in Southeastern USA summers and they will probably be to minimum tread depth in one year.

Interesting subject. Agricultural and heavy construction equipment sometimes have bias ply tires to achieve certain ride, load, and tire wear properties that are lessened in radial tires. Aircraft tires are sometimes bias ply for similar reasons.

No, it is the mentality of:

The 1.0 ton capacity pickup trucks with 40 series tires. Not exactly construction site or off road ready. 

A completely open B747 passenger cabin would surely add a lot of drag and slow the aircraft down significantly. Add in the fact that many of the witnesses stated that the upward moving streak came from the horizon, not from an object significantly above the horizon. 

Interesting article. The assertion that some part of toxic masculinity comes from some failures to adopt non-toxic masculinity practices creates a question of from whom these young men are going to learn the non-toxic ways? We have a nationwide problem of toxic masculinity that crosses all races. White, Hispanic, and A…

Police abuse protesters are given the same type of early warnings and tear gas shots when they are told to leave as these rioters were. The problem is that the police abuse protesters don't leave rapidly after the warnings. 

Goose was in a flat spin with aerodynamic and rotational forces far different than what are normally present during an ejection. The screwed up forces changed how fast the canopy moved out of the way of the ejecting seat Goose was in.  Avoidance and recovery from flat spins are big issues in US Navy aviation. Flat…

It blew up the one time management ignored the fact that it was freezing in Florida during a time of year when it should not have been close to freezing. Those nitwits would have killed the mission specialist who would have been in her seat on that day. 

Don’t IPs sit in the rear seat even on guest flights? 

The back injury was probably caused by a combination of ejection forces and a bad landing posture as he came down under the parachute. We got warned to avoid very low altitude ejections if possible as they don’t give you lots of time under the main parachute to properly set up for landing with good posture and…

Typically those handles are differently colored than the other seat structures and you get extensive briefings on when to touch them and when not to touch them. Ejection at low altitude, even with acceptable forward velocity, is much more dangerous than ejection at a much higher altitude that allows for a decent…

Cash can be legally used to pay off a loan or similar debt. The loan originator cannot legally refuse it. Not usually applied to common daily purchases. That is how this card only stuff started. 

No, they do not. But, it fluctuates with how the economy is doing. 

I would rather have quality reasonably thick cut pepperoni than double or triple that in those translucent superthin cuts they use now.

Sauce under the cheese. Everything else on top. 

Chicago stuffed crust is not actually the most ordered pizza style in Chicago, Chicago thin crust(tavern style) is. It has a thin crust that is crispier than the NY City slice crust and it is sometimes cut into squares. The usual order was a Chicago Italian Fennel Sausage topped pizza or plain cheese. Some pizza delive…

I like some of the new technology. High resolution backup cameras and 360 degree exterior cameras I find to be great. With added recording technology you can document incidents from multiple angles. I like the better quality Vehicle Stability Control assist systems. But I agree that the nomenclature of "autopilot"…

Are you going to have a Fred along for the ride?

IF you have a Category III ILS rated aircraft, flight crew, and runway ILS then the aircraft can land and turn off onto a high speed taxiway runway exit under mild weather conditions with very low visibility and very low crosswinds. The flight crew is trained in how to respond to all sorts of autoland system failures…