The new AF1 aircraft (both are -8 airframes) are complete but going through *two years* of flight testing. White House takes final delivery in 2024. Just watched a documentary on them on NatGeo/Disney+

When my wife graduated college, I helped her buy a brand new 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer with a manual to replace her ‘90 Eclipse GSX 5MT which was seriously falling apart.

Born and raised in Chicago. Grew up playing MS Flight Simulator with Meigs as my default starting airport. Served 8 years as a UH-60 crewman with the IL ARNG unit based at Midway Airport and even got my civilian pilot’s license while in college.

I was livid when Daley pulled his stunt. At the time I thought he should…

using low prices to lure customers in, then forcing them to pay for add ons.

<sigh/>

As cool as that was, I’m not sure it’s accurate to compare the simultaneous auto-recovery of two empty rocket boosters in the desert through an airspace that had likely been cleared of other aircraft (I don’t know for sure in that particular event, but NOTAMs are usually published to warn or even prohibit civilian…

That’s not a problem if the cutoff can only happen when the engines are off, the altimeter and wheels say the plane is on the ground and the speed indicators are nill.

No they cannot. On the surface, the ability to render an aircraft unflyable via an OTA update is terrifying. Imagine that happening on accident or on purpose at 500 mph and 36,000 feet.

But they can and have been cutoff from any access to maintenance records and updated maintenance manuals which is what effectively…

AWD is a marketing scam

this deserves more stars than I have the ability to give

You know...if you up-armored this thing, and added a mount for a .50 Cal or Mk 19 in the bed, and then left a bunch of them “temporarily” parked in rural Poland very close the Ukranian border (with the key fobs in the sun visor of course, so that you don’t lose them) I bet good things might happen.

Johnny Cab is *exactly* what I thought of when I read that section.  Enjoy your star.  :D 

I’m confused by this comment.  Who needs to pull their head out of their ass, and why?

The algorithm seems entirely market and utility based...zero enthusiast factor. They just offered $8600 for my loaded E90 M-Sport (94k miles), even though I’ve seen them go for $11k-$12k on cars and bids.

So it’s important to know “what you have” and if you think there is an enthusiast aspect to it, go with an auction…

I’m not sure Schwinn makes high end stuff anymore. In the late 90s there was their Schwinn Homegrown line up, which were basically frames hand built here in the U.S. - very different from the Schwinns that could be bought at Walmart at the time, but I don’t think they’re in production any longer.

I dunno man. Anecdotal evidence and all, but I raced mountain bikes in high school and college (mid-late 90s) and I don’t think I saw a single busted steel or aluminum frame. (and there were more than a few stumpjumpers on the team) Sure, some jacked wheel sets, the occasional derailleur hanger shredded...I blew the…

Came here to say this. For sure looks better. But you know what? I’d personally still slam it another 2". Wouldn’t stance it but would lower it as much as I could that wouldn’t rub and allow me to maintain the factory camber.

Because let’s be clear, that truck would never see the dusty side of a fire road much less an…

The U.S. Army did not teach any level of actual martial arts to their recruits between 1996 and 2006. They may now (I’m not sure) but I think it’s unlikely. True competence in martial arts requires years of part time training, and likely months of immersive training (I cannot confirm how long it would take someone to…

Nice find. I raced cross country hardtails in high school and college in the mid-late 90s. A guy on my college team (who came from money) had a Litespeed and it turned heads at races.

I’m surprised this one has an XT group set on it...my teammate ran a RockShox SID with full XTR on his...if you’re going to go light, go…

srsly.  I remember when even having a Garmin GPS unit in a trainer was faaaaancccy.  Though I suppose 172s are more than just trainers.