Who was on her iPad. It may be boring to monitor systems on a long flight, but that's your job.

Sure.

The cigar buyer where I shop says that your cigar buyer was actually a wuss and never saw combat.

The cigar buyer where I shop is a former USAF pilot. He flew the very first F-16s when he transitioned from the F-4. He also flew many other types, and was a member of the board that investigated the Thunderbirds crash at Mountain Home ("It wasn't his altimeter. Simply put, the pilot fucked up," he said). And he…

The impetus for CRM, if I'm not mistaken.

Autopilot disengagement is usually annunciated, and the ensuing uncontrolled inertial rotations would be readily noticeable

Wow, the 777 is having a pretty tough string of luck these days, which is not to say I'm blaming the aircraft.

"The police response needs to be demilitarized, " [Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill] said after meeting with clergy. "I think the police response has become part of the problem as opposed to being part of the solution. We all got to take a deep breath and realize that the vast majority of people protesting have a…

Wow. You're making it difficult, because I've got a thing about uniforms.....

Hmmm, it's so hard to decide. I don't know, Wink. I think I'll take "Number 2" for the block.

I would like to see both pictures so I could decide which one I liked better.

Community interaction FTW. Nice story.

"KCPD" is a pretty good clue. But yeah, I was looking for something in the text too.

So we're putting shit in landfills?

You should have seen the rehearsal.

Only if they were inverted.

Thanks.

Rocket is a good guess. And yes, in the grand scheme of things, it's unimportant. I was just surmising based on size of explosion and trajectory. But yeah, shit got blowed up, and that driver was exceedingly fortunate. He should go buy a lottery ticket.

Missile or mortar?

Interesting stuff. Just wondering, what were your sources for this article?