I have a 4th generation T&C with ~260k miles for sale in Southern California, less than $1,400. I’m guessing that’s not as appealing though...

Yeah, we got the 747-400 about 5 years ago. But you aren’t alone in your amusement - GE builds an engine in cooperation with Pratt & Whitney, the GP7200. We had Pratt engineers flying with us during that flight test that found it absolutely hilarious. Until, of course, we told them about damaging the Pratt engines…

It’s the #2 position, not the #3 position. ;) And max thrust takeoffs can be a workout for the pilots.

That is actually false. The airplane in this picture is N747GF, which is a 747-400 originally operated by JAL and originally delivered with 4 GE CF6's. N747GE, our 747-100, is powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D’s.

I believe that is true, but they have been getting really good results out of the GE9x. The GE90-115b was a lot of fun to fly on; it had almost as much the other three engines combined.

Note: Found one of the videos.

It was about 15 years ago, but if I recall correctly it was a high power ground run (our terminology for a “static throttle-up test”). There are some videos around of those tests on the GE90-115b that shows it blowing huge hunks of concrete around like they were dried leaves. The concrete was leftovers from a runway…

I was on the first flight of the LEAP engines too. I’m a data system operator, but the job’s a little different at FTO than it is at Peebles or Evendale.

Flutter caused by the various test engines we run. The wings are now essentially identical to a 747-100.

We also removed about 6 feet from both wings.

Heh, I was on the plane for this picture too. Definitely my favorite test program to date.

And, as one of the 14 people that were on that flight, I can tell you it was nice and smooth.

The rule should absolutely not be “Yield to faster traffic. Full stop.” That’s BS. If you’re yielding to faster traffic, you’ve already impeded them, gotten in their way, and made them slow down. There is only one rule that makes sense: “Keep right except while passing.” There’s your “Full stop.” Every lane except the…

The real question is, what kind of car is it actually?

Glad I’m not the only one that thought of that movie.

I’m unsure, is this a “cornpocalypse” or “apocornlypse”?

Someone in Ford’s marketing division needs to be fired. What’s next, a motorcycle called the Ranger? A hot hatch called a Bronco? What were they thinking? What were they smoking?

Gah! Why make it so overcomplicated? Just give it some normal damn doors with normal damn hinges and normal damn door handles!

It sounds like most people’s misconceptions are based on the design of the Gen 1's. I drive a Gen 2.

The gas engine on the 2016 Volt can and does drive the wheels directly, much more frequently than the earlier models. I own a 2016.