There is also the issues of spatial orientation, intuition and just plain old situational awareness, all of which are highly degraded when you are controlling something on a computer monitor.

I. ain't. touching. that. one.

Yes it is sexy, and I don’t have the clearance to even guess at “necessary” but that combined cycle engine tech needs to be developed!

An aerodynamic dame for her day, but a structural and manufacturing engineers darkest nightmare. Look her over, not one of her fuselage bulkhead is similar to another. She was a creature of elegance and art and maddening machining.

depends on multiple factors...

It’s obviously a HAV (High altitude Vehicle), Especially with that logistics . NOrmally we IDentify a clEAr route first, but this one was rushed.

In the aviation communities, we call human chaperones ... pilots.

I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all -James Mattis

So no big dreams and breakthrough tech for another 4 to 8 years then?

Jeeez, it's so WOW and um WHOA. It's like a rollerskate got kinky with a toaster and um has a Jesus Christ like rebirth into pure awesomeness.

If stuff like that irks you, just pretend your an anime commie and post other things.

I would like to have seen Montana.

Did the Judge just challenge Volkswagen, the makers of shortcutting, cheating cars, to meet a deadline?!? Does he know who he’s dealing with?

I had a chance to run with a bunch of old F-14 pilots for a while. Their opinion is that the SuperHornet was the best self-licking ice cream cone until the F-35C came about. That said, if you do a spec stack against everything else that's out there (thrust to weight, range, payload and wing loading be critical) it's a…

I dunno if this is a bright idea. Our IT guy is busy enough without fixing chairs and I am already very concerned with what he does when the night is dark and full of terrors.

but... but... War is Art.

AH Weinerschnitzel, they snuck up on our northern flank, RUN AWAY schnell! schnell!

It is, isn’t it? Elegance is timeless.

She’s sexy sure, but if you’re in dire need of parts, supplies, medicine or that letter home. This grand old lady is the prettiest aircraft ever made.

If I were king for a day, I’d tow one of the old BATTLESHIP relics out there. I’d throw out some news that it was armed with the latest anti-area tech, but probably just leave it unmanned and unarmed. It would terrify and confuzzle the living daylights out of them.