Another tidbit. The entire center console was hinged at the front and swung upwards to ease entry into the escape modules.

Here’s an interesting tidbit. Tucked under the glareshield is a helicopter vertical speed indicator (VSI). Apparently, during cruise the air data computer-driven IVSI in the panel wasn’t sufficiently responsive and thus led to trouble keeping straight and level. NAA added a more sensitive VSI for the pilots, thus…

Hopefully Maryland has statute that allows them to recover costs incurred by false reports, and hopefully they use it here. This dumb pile of human garbage should have to pay for every cent of the money incurred looking for her kid.

Turbocharger tattoo’s are pretty sick.

I’m pretty sure it’s a Lambo, dude.

For those who can’t seem to grasp the kind of math that Chariot is talking about his departments entire yearly budget is 31 billion and if any minute increases are even suggested people freak the fuck out while 42 million has effectively disappeared into a gas station and no one seems to care. He’s not making a point…

The last remaining example of the XB-70 was, just last week, moved to the Air Force Museum’s brand new hangar. After spending nearly it’s entire life as an outdoor display, it will now spend its days as a garage queen. here it is being moved (photos courtesy of a friend of mine):

The Hughes H-4 Hercules“Spruce Goose”, a badass gigantic military sea plane that never saw action (war ended before it worked) and only flew one.

Punishment for what? For driving around in a plate that people have to do mental gymnastics to make it refer to the war? For attempting to defuse a much larger issue by changing the plate to hopefully appease the crowd that’s ready to beat the living shit out of the crew?

All this because the Argentinians started a war…

So, out of curiosity, since I am not smart in stuff like this, when the A380 flew under the helicopter last week (also linked above) a common response was the helo was safe specifically because the plane flew under the helo and had the plane gone over, vortices would likely have flipped the helo, since they travel…

Probably for the same reason we used all women to run the Calutrons during the Manhattan Project - the men just wouldn't quit fiddling with the knobs!!

Why should Pakistanis and Somalians care about British history, though?

The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world war by their prowess and by their devotion.…