Everything I see, albeit in a quick Google search, indicates she was purpose built. Hughes' cover that it was intended to mine manganese modules fromt he ocean floor.

Best one off work vehicle? Glomar Explorer. Built specifically to secretly recover a Russian sub for the CIA.

David Coulthard admitted to struggling with bulimia early in his career.

I said the same thing below. I agree they are just better people from having a wild car.

There is no best car. There is the cars that work for you at the time. Our kids are 7 and 4. For the entire time they have been with us we've had my 2003 Evo and my wife's 2005 Mini Cooper S. They have worked out just fine 99.998% of the time. Would we like something bigger every once in a while? Sure. Does it…

You don't know the half of it ;}

went sometime around 2002.

Someone had to go there.

Baja Bug.

Basic, affordable, easy to maintain transportation. Hard to beat this one.

I came here looking for this and you do not disappoint.

You remembered Ted, but forgot Song. Song was Delta's experimental spinoff. It didn't last terribly long, but it allowed Delta to develop a number of ideas that were later rolled out to the mainline. IFE, hipper music, food options and a bit more fun were all tested with Song.

737s are overhauled every 8 years or so and receive what is known as a C check between 12-18 months depending operator. Saying they are taken apart each year is not quite true.

Some light reading for those who want to read the maintenance records from an airline. Please read up on 14 CFR parts 21, 43 (including appendices), part 121 and 145. You should also read up on the training required for mechanics. That is another section. Don't forget airworthiness directives and part 26 fatigue…

I was lucky enough to visit Marana, a major storage and disposal facility outside of Tucson, a few weeks ago for work. We drove up and an excavator was chewing on the froward fuselage of a 747. We drove around the storage area opposite the hangars and looked at the preserved aircraft. If an aircraft is intended for…

Themes are tough. My team struggles mightly with these. We've done a turkey fryer, Sratsky and Hutch, an alternate field vehicle, complete with Al Gore riding shot gun, Space Shuttle (my favorite) and Elvis complete with pompidore on the car that fell apart after a few hours. We applied a flame job to the car on the…

Fantastic write-up! I love the U-2 and the simplicity, yet effectiveness of the design.

Radial noise too.

If I need to get a Russian fighter...

And a huge pile of engines.