Boeings always used to have tan cockpits, too. Very particular shade of tan. But I think Airbuses have always been gray.

Most jets like this are well into the $1000s/hour.

Who would even do maintenance on this thing? Can’t exactly take it to your local Soviet military vehicle dealer.

The local Chevrolet dealership in my city, Jet Chevrolet, used to have one of it’s Czech stablemates parked next to I-5 as an advertisement. They sold it to a museum back in 2007 but most people around here remember it well.

Scout is already gone... he traded it for a girl.

These are super cool, but realistically, you have to be an ex-fighter pilot with a net worth of at lest $20 million for this to be a reasonable proposition. I’m sure there are a few such persons in the world, but not many.

while I admit there is a nasty part of me that has suggestions for my quandary, I think the lack of a second seat would make this as impractical as dating while you still live in your mom’s basement.

There is actually a whole lot of science behind cockpit interior colors, particularly the color surrounding the gauges. It’s all about visibility and eye strain and stress levels and all that. I believe you’ll find that color in most of the Russian aircraft of that era, and possibly even today’s aircraft.

Gonna toss in my usual request that DeMuro please take this to a nearby CarMax for appraisal.

It’s a single seater - you’ll be riding the same deal you always have been.

Not many chicks are worth the ten grand or it would cost to fly that thing around for a couple hours.

And a star for you

Running costs for an aircraft like this are in the “if you have to ask” category.

I was walking to the bus stop this morning (Yeah, I take public transit. So what? It’s cheap and fast!) and I was dreaming about how cool it would be to tell a potential date “Yeah we could get coffee or go for a ride in my fighter jet.”

The chances of her taking you for a ride later on would be much greater than…

This destruction of furniture is very disturbing, but not nearly as awful as what these fans’ parents did in the bedroom 20-25 years ago.

Is it just me or does this look like a 6’x 3’ piece of Ellios Pizza?

Alright Andrew. Sell the Scout. And the 4Runner. And get this. And then we’ll have a race.

Is that a Cobb Shifter? I’m in.

America’s 800-Meter Savior Has Finally Arrived

Seriously, anyone who can run the 800m race with a decent time deserves to brag. Grueling.