prank them how? up close, it’s pretty easy to see it’s a shell. there’s no engines, no electronics, etc.

when i was on my ship, it was always onboard. there is always practice to be done, so it gets used often enough.

at times, yes.

water was splashing up over the sides. i was a carrier sailor my whole career. being on the cruiser and feeling sea spray was crazy to me.

that’s exactly what i was hoping the holes were for.

as long as they have that stupid “if you can read this, roll me back over” sticker, they’ll be fine.

I love my 14. we would have gotten the 15, but we got 0% financing for the life of the loan, so we couldn’t beat that.

Yes. They can go in excess of 50 knots.

not a functional bird. it’s a shell that the crew uses to practice on. that way if they crunch a wing, it’s not nearly as big of a deal as a real bird.

on a big deck, it’s actually a gradual turn. i did it on a cruiser, and it was much more rapid

officially, speed is “in excess of 30 knots.” i’ve heard rumors of 35 or 40, but nothing will be confirmed until they are all retired and declassified.

Good ‘ol USS Last ship. I precommed her, and i was onboard for that. it was a lot of fun.

Justice Antonin Scalia has not directly commented on Kim Davis...

nope, but he would have pulled him over to check out the skyline, and let him go with a warning.

i drove my car with only one bolt in the lisence plate for years with no problems.....in Virginia, no less.

You should check out Letho’s article on fighting tickets without an attorney. i bet you could have gotten it tossed.

i’ve met some cool car-guy cops. shame you didn’t get stopped by one of them.

This topic can be summed up by simply saying

“using a turbine engine was quite a strange idea back in 1967 and 68”

Even though he did this against my Hometown Tribe,