61% of the population wear glasses. In 2011 there were over 617,000 pilots in the US. 4500 MIT undergrads at any given time. I don't think there is relevance there. I saw your post about people pushed young not necessarily having fulfilling lives. I don't argue that some burn out, but there are just as many good…

worthy point, but do we discourage youth who go above and beyond the norm? Some of the greatest minds in history made their mark at a very young age. Newton started developing calculus when he was 23. Yes, flying in this case is solitary, but who is to say what kind of interaction he has in is other endeavors?

He challenged himself and succeeded and that's bad? He took calculated risks and was satisfied that he was on the plus side. If you really feel this way I will meet you at the nearest mountain and we can put up fences to keep climbers off, after that we can hit the beaches and save the divers...

He would have to bend too much around the A pillar and it is probably still too low. The 500L might work, but I don't think the door is long enough for his knee.

I forgot to mention 17,500 MPH.

Better?

Roomy, nice view, free food, pirated TV and you can drink your own pee.

My father in law, who recently retired and has aftermarket hips and a knee, wants a car that looks like this:

Mime too! Saw the Miss Rock run the last time with piston power. Good times. We had our wedding on Seafair weekend. Going to watch the hydros practice is what we did for fun before the rehearsal.

Merlin's and Griffons also made it into hydroplanes.

Ah. The render is a bit rough and the fuselage looked like it had the 747 flight deck.

Converting the 747 from low wing to high seems like a bad idea to me. Basically you might be able to salvage the forward fuselage, you would need an all new center section and moving the horizontal stabilizer up to the vertical stabilizer would require redesign of the stabs, rear fuselage and bulkheads. Plus, you need…

It is getting pretty hard to find JT8D as used on the DC-9, the baby 8s as they are called, as well. The life limited parts internal to them have been used up and no one is interested in making more.

You got me on the first one. Is the second also vertical?

Similar problem yields a similar solution. The main difference here is they are air launching SpaceShip2. Even there, they toyed with the idea for the shuttle...

The C-5 idea isn't all that crazy and is flying in a smaller form...

Not a TSO, but you are probably right about the cost.

Wait, wait! You are saying muscle cars don't have to be portrayed as rolling death machines that would suck your soul out of your body and spit it out just as soon as look at you? They aren't intended to show how tough you are by just by a single press of the gas peddle? Are you saying the can be fun?...I'm ok with…

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