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You guys are just being silly now. But that’s why I like it here.

Rotring 600 ballpoint.

Rotring 600 ballpoint.

Whiplash?

Tires were 1.5 PSI too low.

So... this technology renders the vehicle safe to drive behind Volkswagens?

The entire design and acquisition history of the A-4 is fascinating. Heinemann taking a bloated Navy nuclear bomber spec and turning into a single-engine, dinky airframe that could lift its own weight and last for 40 years in service. Up there with Kelly Johnson in my opinion as an aircraft designer and project

Ria,

"If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing." - Gen'l. Chuck Yeager

Useless tidbit of information: sleeping quarters in space need to be well ventilated and air kept moving. Otherwise, the sleeper’s expelled breath forms a bubble of carbon dioxide around their head.

Yeah, they are composites so you basically end up with a bunch of string. They break but not many pieces fly off.

THANK YOU someone who actually knows what they are talking about..... this plane does NOT belong on this list

It wasn’t killed at all, though. It completed testing, and they took the lessons learned to the Aeroelastic Wing demonstrator that just wrapped up testing last week.

They did decide not to complete some of the tests that showed certain behaviors to be dangerous, but that’s because this was a research aircraft, not a

I could see the Girl Scouts' Trefoil cookie working as a badge. Its a Saul Bass design, too.

Juke, I am your father.

I've got one but I don't use it much as work is really busy