We really need to have a beer some day.

A fair chance that SWA presented a Safety Risk Assessment to the FAA and it was found to be acceptable to operate the aircraft for that period of time. Safety Risk Management has been supported by the FAA, and other industries and regulatory authorities, as a means to systematically look at situations like this…

NACA engineers FTW!

splitting hairs a bit there, but fine. Yes aramid.

They have fiberglass skins and either honeycomb or foam cores. When you have a rapid failure like that you don't get much in the way of fibers.

I'm passing through Tokyo on our way to Phuket on the 25th as well!, but we are stopping over for a couple of days on the way back over the first week of May. We typically stay at the Shinjuku Hilton, but I think I may need to try a new hotel!

A-10 is more the modern P-47, which it was named after, but yeah, I get what you mean.

Works equally well for 3 year olds and NASCAR drivers.

As is true in many things in life, Sponge Bob says it best.

I'm usually very tolerant of music, but I really can't stand this song or the video. I'm not sure if I developed an allergy to it when it was played every third song for 9 months on MTV back in the day or what. I'm just going to do this...

you would have thought he would have made Silverstone build one for him when they did their remodel.

Cutting holes in a 737-200 and bolting odd shaped radomes on it is a very scary idea. I'm sure it is well maintained and some good engineering went into it, but the 737 classics had some notable issues around their skins.

I thought Marshall Pruett mentioned on Radio Le Mans' Midweek Motorsport last week that he was looking at Indylights for a year. Sounds odd I know, but that is what I seem to remember. I may have my wires crossed.

AARP has a powerful and well funded lobby. That's why.

they would build great statues in your honor.

Taco Tuesday?

Not much use by the military, but they are looking into it. As far as Europe goes they are ok, except for "critical" parts.

some vibe and stator issues.

An up rated Leap would get you there, but it would be at the edge of its performance capability. If they want this engine family to get the B-52 to the end of its run they need something that isn't working that hard. Just my $0.02. Lots of interesting options.

The CFM is a fine engine, but they would need to run 6 to 8 to match the thrust of the existing engines. Slinging two high bypass engines on a pylon like that seems like it would be problematic from a structures perspective. Keep in mind that the J-57s on the original KC-135 only put out 13k lbs of thrust whereas the…