This is the way...

Eastern Europe in the late seventies, early eighties, you could only get oranges and bananas in December. Also in such low quantities, that we were waiting in lines at the grocery store to be able to buy 3 or 4 bananas (not kg, but by piece). After I migrated to the US, I was in shock, you an buy bananas at any time,…

Well, time to buy a new Thomas Guide

Loving this show, I watched this in the eighties as a kid, but I don’t remember any of the plotlines and never read the book (will put it on the list).

Need a horn that plays something from a Mariachi band.

“It just blew”

No Bugatti Veyron / Chiron?

Yeah, Steve was on that plane, soon as the door came off he calmly started his analytics: “let’s see, our altitude is... ok, airspeed *puts hand outside to measure air flow*.. mhm, *pulls out slide ruler*, yes, carry the two... got it, No worry folks just an inconvenience...”  

The identical Honda Pilots... pure gold, still laughing.

So what is wrong with the pedestrian airbag?

I recommend a visit to the optometrist  /jk 

Why? Isn’t the bucket itself a one of metal bucket and not a standard paper bucket?

Looks like the tail rotor has been changed and other parts have been passed inspection, and while the total time is pretty high, it still looks like a great deal (obviously because of the government surplus deal). Something a secretive organization could use for cheap.

Hmm, someone missed a zero of that price, or is it just scrap metal.

Pontiac GTO (the old one)

Pfhht, didn’t wear his safety west...

There are developments, DARPA is flying a Black Hawk with computers:

The fully automated autorotation function is a great idea (long as the pilot still gets a “vote” on directional control), and the overall package could work well for newly trained helicopter pilots. But the single stick (no collective, no pedals) controls probably freak out a 2000 hours chopper pilot (When I switched…

Where did I see this before? Oh yeah, here: