I’ve got one of those. Hard to find, a touch expensive to maintain, resale so bad I’d have to pay to get rid of, but fun and nice to look at.

This makes me think of a Bell P-39/P-63 taken to it’s (irrational) end.

I’m going to be honest - I didn’t know these were still being produced.

I’ve been meaning to go to the Simeone for a few years now - my old boss regularly told me how nice the place is and how I should visit it, but I never did. Pity I’m not on Twitter and following @DougDemuro, otherwise I could have seen an (internet) famous car in the flesh.

Doug is ~26, which puts him a few months older than I am. I, too, felt inadequate about my life choices when I found this out.

1st Gear: As The Crossover Rises

I’m curious how much force it would take to set off that ERA. If the tank tumbled off onto the road or rocks, would it have triggered some of the blocks?

Canopy provided by Lockheed Martin.

This poor Typhoon looked like he was going to stall in the video. I’m curious what speed it and the Spitfire were flying at.

There are actually some mods you can do on NA’s and NB’s to restore functionality to that damn gauge. I’m not sure if it gives the exact readings, but its closer to reality than the on/off readings of the factory gauge.

Is that the projectile?

This. The ‘71-’73 sucked before the Mustang II went and made it worse.

>best looking body style
>not posting the 6 wagon

Keep in mind that the project was started in the late ‘30s for civilian purposes, so by the time the war was in full spring, most of the engineering was probably paid for. Completing the fabrication and flight testing, especially if it was being done by a team that didn’t have any other pressing military goals, was…

You should search under the ‘Planelopnik’ tag on Oppo.

It’s all about requirements. If it’s not called out as a requirement, you’re relying on the designers to put it in on their own initiative. That’s not always the case because of a) cost, b) complexity, c) other requirements that would make quick release a liability, d) it didn’t occur to the guys designing the flak…

I, for one, am loving the small airbag trend.

So...it’s an HR-V stretched and pulled to fit seven (uncomfortably) for the Chinese market?

The worst part is that if anyone wants to fly an F-14 in this day and age, they’d probably have to steal one from the Iranians.

I want one of these when they’re declared surplus.