The V used a version of kerosene in the first stage.

17,500 MPH on hydrogen and oxygen. NASA's Dawn probe is doing 25,000 on ion power.

Hi, I'm Mike. 39 year old aerospace engineer with an airline. I'm into aviation and space (naturally), we do a lot of traveling for work and fun and I love some good sci-fi. My wife and I also race in the 24 Hours of LeMons (endurance racing for beater cars, we are the orange one below), and I enjoy working on my…

Working through Farscape again right now. This would be kind of awesome, even though I'm not a huge Stark fan...

they also use a rare flat hubcap on the exterior wheel to help fair it all in. Works pretty good.

Ah, 757 overhead ducts are known to be crap. makes sence.

we have a poster of that cover hanging on the wall in our house. It's my wife's. I choose not comment on it for the betterment of our marriage.

I know where there are a few running around with new interiors.

If I'm going g to be waiting for a while I use these tactics:

I've never been the mod type. That said, I did have to put an aftermarket radiator in it after the original failed at a seam. More affordable part with much better reviews as far as durability.

thanks. It is a lot of fun. What I am enjoying now is the reaction from my kids. My 4 year old daughter loves to yell "faster!" from the back seat. To them, this is a family car. I think it is a good place for them to start!

Fernando has a helmet, likes open cockpits and drinks water. Put it together!

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.