Oh there were times it was nasty hot and not a cloud in the sky. It was usually my first sun of the summer and I would blister like crazy from sunburn. The best was when it was just military. Then they hired an airshow management company to organize it and it lost it’s luster some. Where as the food was the different…

I went to many Andrews shows and always loved the sneaks. During the early years, you could actually sit under the many different aircraft on display to get out of the hot sun. Most memorable one was from the 80s and I was sitting under a Prowler and realizing the puddle next to me was jet fuel. Went and pointed out th…

“VAQ” is the identifier for a Navy Electronic Warfare squadron. VAQ-209 is a Reserve squadron that has deployed a lot, because there aren’t very many of these squadrons. On at least one occasion that I know of they came through JBA on the way home. They used to fly the EA-6B “Prowler” but now they fly the EA-18G…

Years ago, they used to have the Joint Services Open House at Joint Base Andrews every year. Basically the Pentagon’s open house for the taxpayer. It is an air show, but all the services have stuff there to show and talk about. One of the satellite parking areas was in front of a Navy hanger with Darth Vader’s helmet…

Elio. Lordstown Motors. Nikola. Faraday Future. Canoo.

Hennessey

The future Chang Li factory!

He should at least have been smart enough not to get into a deal with a Chinese company on Chinese soil. You have no power there, and they will take everything they can from you.

Lol, apparently just theirs.

510 Chinese patents for my designs, technologies, trade secrets and engineering development

To a professional, this isn’t a reliable doc & he’d still do all the footwork he does now. Was the info correct when entered yesterday? Yes! Will the dealer do something different this afternoon & then again tomorrow? Certainly possible, so the sheet can’t replace any of the steps Tom takes.A
And as far as him adding…

I think the proper term for that would be “Wikipedia” the system

Key words here being, ‘if he wants.’ How will it put money in his pocket? That’s his motivation, the man works for a living.

We need to get Tom on this as well. I am sure he has a wealth of knowledge to contribute if he wants. 

That is always a risk. A tool is useful no matter who is using it. 

I feel like it would not be hard for unscrupulous salesmen (if such exist, of course) to game this thing.

I bet they’re all safer than a motorcycle with five people on it, which is realistically what these cars are competing with. Making the cars safer will make them more expensive, which will make more people stick with the motorcycles, which will make them less safe.

Goes to show you that some companies will do the least amount of work they can legally get away with.

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