Haha. Sorta hard without powered rear wheels, but I guess you can parking brake it. ;)

Agreed. Easily fixable in several ways though. If you have Chrome and set it to "Click to Play" it works for pretty much all video, not just YouTube.

I'll try that!

Haha. Sign up here. :)

A "Dry Martini" uses gin. And then there is a "Vodka Martini". While I will reluctantly accept that some people like the flavor (de gustibus no est disputandum), a "Vodka Martini" is not a "Dry Martini".

Aviation Gin. I'd never heard of it until now. As a pilot I must now have it... Thanks for feeding my obsession. My wife will "thank" you separately later. ;)

But what the hell, I'll probably buy a bottle eventually.

Any time.

Monkey 47?

Fair point. Hendrick's is yum.

Word. If I'm getting a Martini, the brand of gin makes a huge difference. If I'm getting a Gin Tonic, not so much...

Light piston planes actually still have procedures for hand cranking. The prop makes for a convenient handle. Not that I've ever seen anyone doing it.

I'd crap my pants just hearing the thing start. ;)

The materials and other gizmos for high revs weren't really "there" yet, so high HP numbers weren't in the cards. I bet the torque was pretty decent.

Ha! That would have been much easier. :)

Yes, I am.

It does add up, but you have to remember what IAS is. Indicated Airspeed is a measure of dynamic pressure and as such decreases with decreasing air density. In other words, the higher you go, and thus the lower the density is, the lower the IAS for the same True Air Speed. The aircraft may have a high speed through…

As another foreigner who has lived in the US for quite some time, I have had the exact same impression as you.

"Bread and cover". "Pane e coperto" means "bread and cover".

The term in Italy is "pane e coperto". It literally means "table and cover" ("cover" as table setting). So yes, you are being charged a fixed price for the table setting and the "free bread". In HK we the similar "service charge" and it is typically 10%.