From the video, it seemed like about 1:19 or so, which would put it on par with Star Mazda Pro or Formula Atlantic (per this site: http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Road_Atlanta)

I spied this bad boy on a colleagues Facebook page. I hear Grey Poupon goes well on Bluefish.

Minor correction in #2. It should be "get to wear ridiculous pants." Get to.

Consider everyone on this thread an "expert":

Wow. What a cool ride. That's the kind of thing I love to build with Lego when (ahem) playing with my son. Another thing to ponder: it's still sitting down there in Antarctica under the ice, probably not showing an ounce of rust, either. Sweet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Snow_Cruiser

With a proper barrel roll, if you couldn't see out, you'd never know it happened. Here's a great demonstration of what it's like inside an aircraft while doing a proper barrel roll.

SpaceX is working on (a big) one to safely return its first stage from the Falcon rockets. You're also thinking of Armadillo Aerospace (http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home) and Masten Space Systems (http://masten-space.com/) who both have vertical take-off and landing vehicles. Fun videos to watch on…

(Crap. Sorry. Just saw same post.)

Drew Carey said he likes to run stop signs in the rain.

JPL: "Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket."

Well, you're (and we're) out of luck. Not coming back in 2013. 2014 at the earliest. (I really, really need to get myself to Reno.)

I'm guessing he was either late or early. #drummerjoke

The "before" pic?

I can only assume you mean a simulator. There aren't any two-seat F-35s in existence. Also, the maneuver you describe can also be called a "knife edge" and only a few seriously aerobatic types of aircraft are capable of sustained (no heading change, no loss of altitude) flight in in that attitude. (And, all of this…

I believe this "flo/flo" was semi-submersible as well.

My brother and I are both early April. Guess my folks made their own July 4 fireworks! "Skyrockets in flight...."!>

No, they really aren't. I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure they're below the engine exhaust trail. And, if they're out by the wingtips, I would think that tip vortices would wreak more havoc and also the weight of fuel out there could lead to structural compromises of the tanker's wings. Again, an educated thought,…

I don't think the United States has any of these on order. Per two of your listed sources (and from my own personal reading), this bird initially won the competition but, after Boeing's protest, that was cancelled and a new competition is underway. So, no US orders for this plane.

Negative. He was flying a P-38 set up for recon.

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