I wasn’t aware of the radar or arrestor gear up until now, but (like the EMALS) it doesn’t sound like the concepts themselves are flawed, or that they won’t be able to reach a decent standard at some point. But it’s the “at some point” that’s the problem.

True enough. But he did specifically say it would pay for itself “in reduced salary alone”. Chances are that the per-man cost aboard the new carrier will rise substantially compared to older vessels.

I’m going to disagree. I think you’ve got it fundamentally about face in the article - concurrency is more logical for something like an aircraft carrier, and less logical for a large production fighter. There are two issues as far as I can see, but I’ll deal with concurrency first.

1,000 sailors, I guess $60,000 a year, so $60m a year - given a 30 year lifetime you’re talking about a saving of $1.8bn. Doesn’t sound worth it to me.

Most of the TV and Radio shows he presented in the 1990s were produced by his own production company, which when sold netted him about $50m.

And also it doesn’t suggest that Chris Evans either cures or causes cancer. Poor show.

How’s Gopher working out for you again?

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Panem et circenses. Et Miatas.

Don’t forget “fit E30 rear suspension because the short wheelbase didn’t make it nervous enough”. Also, use it as the base for the Z3.

Oasis were British, so a Champagne Vauxhall Nova might be more apt. This one is a bit shy, sadly.

It’s 54 years since the first manned space flight. To put that into context, 54 years after this:

I was once driven around Italy in a Mercedes Vito. The owner had quite heavily customised it (it had a built in electric guitar and amplifier) and he had gone to the Italian version of Pep-Boys and bought the letters D, O and N to glue to the back.

Two spectators were killed in 2007 according to Wikipedia.

Not only is it British, TVR is Northern. That makes it as hard as nails too. TVR would stand outside in a vest in January and not be bothered.

This is just a first step. Imagine for a second that as a result of this science experiment the scientists worked out a way to make a panel that was stronger, cheaper, more efficient, and grippier - that would make more sense. Very few things are ever very good right from the start.

It’ll do 0-60 in a shade over 10 seconds, which is perfectly adequate. I tell everyone else that they’re compensating.

3500lb car, 118hp. Sometimes I have to change down going up steep hills but it’ll sit quite happily at 80mph on the motorway. I don’t need any more than that.

The plane company was named after the town - Gloucester - so it wasn’t too much shorter. To be fair though, the most ridiculous one was in the Virginia colony. Quite how you would pronounce Warrosquyoakeshire I don’t know.