What's left of Chalk's Airways

I had a reason to be there. That helped substantially.

To clarify one of the notes in the story, components and usable structures are removed before the excavators take to the plane. Most of you probably gathered that, but this is the webz.

My Evo. It's been a great car. Fun, fast and reliable. All that and you can still haul the kids. It still stands out in the parking lot as well.

L100s were used for revenue cargo and for flying early jet engines around when one needed to be replaced at an out station. By then some of the engines were getting to be long enough with thrust reverser installed to be a struggle for the C-46s that the company used. Today engines are typically hauled by a wide body…

vey, very true. Information is limited and decisions are being made in real time if there is an issue. As much as a lot of people think "the airlines just don't care" that is not true. They are doing everything they know how to complete the flight. The difficulty is that the people making those calls are typically…

I am lucky enough to find myself in a situation where I get to fly a good bit for work and pleasure. I've been doing it for over 15 years. I've seen it all. We travel with our kids all the time too. I have nothing but sympathy and understanding for people with small children on planes. The rest is just being smart.

1) Build in time. Be patient. You are flying on the busiest days of the year. That is your choice.

As the father of two teenagers, I found this book invaluable. I'm sure other parents here can empathize when I say I shudder at the thought of the increasing presence of huge ships in the lives my children. I certainly remember the strain I caused so long ago for my own parents when I began experimenting with huge…

Until the pitch limits integrated into the tow rope this is pretty much what I envisioned...

It was good fun racing with them. They were not fast by any stretch, but they were very, very red. That's not a bad thing.

Feels. Massive feels. I was at Vegas in 2011 standing on the pit wall and shed tears when the the field came by three by three. We were at Le Mans in 2013 and walked by the guard rail and the tree at the beginning of the Mulssane Straight on our way back to the train. Even then, my wife and I spent last weekend…

while they probably did give it a bit more throttle, you also had the prevailing winds working in your favor heading east.

nope. About even. They operate out of T and that is very close to initial check in and all that. Should actually be an advantage.

I was wondering if they may be using expired materials as well?

kind of bears the crap out of dropping a Honda motor in there doesn't it? Power to weight FTW!

I think one of ALMS' big failures was getting rid of Radio Le Mans for their comms. They had the passion and the connections to bring those stories to the audiance. The current team doesn't seem to be able to pull that off.

It's a matter of understanding your airport. Some airports in smaller towns an hour is plenty, drop into Atlanta with an hour to departure and you would be in trouble unless you knew exactly what you were doing and had good luck with security. I don't see the point in being that person who is running up to the gate 5…

1) Get to the airport with plenty of time. If you are cutting it close then something WILL happen at the airport to make things closer.

When we took the Evo on the Power Tour this summer I gave it a good wax to help with post drive bug removal seemed to work. A bunch of other maintenance happened as well, that was just something you didn't mention.