The spin is a taxicab. Considering that Rio’s cab drivers are the worst kind of drivers in the actual driving technique, the adherence to traffic laws and regulations and are one of the most unprofessional service providers (ever wonder why uber is such a success in Brazil? That’s why), the bus driver was doing it’s…

What about damage control? Every year several ships are lost due to storms and rough weather. The crew are able to perform repairs and keep the ship in good enough conditions to reach someplace to perform repairs in most situations. Without crew even what today is considered light damage may sink the ship (or wreck…

If they switched fuel from natural gas to biogas it makes sense.

What happened to Navistar’s chameleon truck?

As usual, the F-35 takes all of USAF’s resoureces and leave other arguably more capable aircraft hanging around for scraps...

Sure, but still smaller than the average pumper / rescue engine and way smaleer than a ladder / quint engine.

Brushfire trucks are small. Hard to off-road a ladder truck into forested areas.

Taking into account that it is Brasil that most likely is a VW 4 banger. VW has a kind of cult among the lower middle class here. Now digging deeper it seems that it is a ford design, a 1.6 liter engine (CHT) that was also built by VW as the AE. The AE engine was notorious for equiping the indigenous Gol (withouth F)…

At least in Brazil most of the accidents with ambulances happen before the patient is aboard, as the first responders rush to the patient and try to stabilize them. As for the return to the hospital, though still fast by any standard, is less hurried as the patient is under care. EMTs and doctors are the most prone to…

Unless you are gearing for a new Falklands ‘82 retry the harrier is flying as a surrogate for a ant-ship missile. And even the argentine AF and navy only had to pull those insane low-level bombing runs because the RN fleet was inside a bay were radar clutter would prevent a radar lock. Low-level bob runs are not a…

Good enough?

Possible the last carrier launch of SE. Though Argentine Navy does not have a carrier they keep carrier proficiency using Brazilian Navy carriers when possible. For quite a long time Argentine Navy had the most capable means aboard NAel Minas Gerais and NAe São Paulo (for decades the Brazilian Air Force was the sole…

Minivans are great! I do not have any kids nor I am married, but when I went roadtripping in US with my family we rented a minivan. It spoiled me forever. No other car I drove before or after was as practical or comfortable as the minivan. My father bought a SUV and the only thing better in the SUV is the built in GPS…

Check item 1... still working on 2, but expect good results if no Indominus rex are around...

Chase Trucks: A chase truck is a rolling tool shed. These are typically heavy duty pickups with utility beds, lots of drawers and boxes... most are still decently off-road capable...

For all its all terrain capabilities you should not consider a tank, but one of these:

That is to make sure that all aircraft show up in the same picture, as in a staged photo op for the news to reach Pyongyang and Beijing. Later they will most likely be dispersed and placed in hardened shelters if available.

If Uruguay is anything like Brazil all the straight roads leading to the bridge may have some dozens of spots to place a hidden speed trap, keeping speeders within reason. A bridge has no place for hidden speed traps, therefore it is the best place to floor it.

I suppose that when one of those are coming no one tries to beat it to the grade crossing...