Recent content by XBe02Drvr

Just look at the US House of Representatives, where a small minority of "kool-aid" addicts, living in an alternate reality, have managed to hog-tie the process of government until they get their way and can force their dingbat policies down the throats of the majority of Americans who oppose...

:pilotsalute: Bravo Zulu, Elinor!

Can't happen in Vermont. We don't have any roads that wide. Two lanes max each way.

Deep dive into the past: Valdez isComing. Burt Lancaster as a Hispanic sheriff in a white supremacist town. Some awesome shooting, both literally and cinematically.

The "stretched version" 350 (Beech 1900) we flew had them. Same engines, same props, same reasons.

IIRC, the L188 Electra herself had some issues with destructive harmonics. Catastrophic ones, as I recall?

My mother's family (missionaries) were forced to leave Japan in 1933 due to threats and harassment from the ultranationalists who were driving public opinion. The church (Universalist) pulled the plug and had them shipped stateside for their own safety. From a warm autumn in Shizuoka to a...

Do they get paid piece work?

"High and right at the start, below glide while correcting, on glide but slow, rapid sink in close, slow on power, RAMP STRIKE, no grade pass, a/c WRITE OFF.

Thanks for updating us with the straight skinny!

Thank God for said Congresscritters! We (and the mutinous admirals and generals) thank you!

We used to grow 'em pretty tough here in Vermont. (Even if we get 'em ready made, we're not too proud to claim them as ours!)

BINGO! I remember as an elementary school kid hearing discussions on the radio after the Korean War, asserting that it was "just an anomaly" and "would never happen again", that the mere threat of a nuclear strike would keep unruly rebels and defiant aggressors in their place. This could easily...

To be honest, I don't know. The UK ended WWII with its treasury depleted and the remnants of its largely demobilized military stretched rather thin across the empire and occupation forces. Given that, I doubt there was much carrier building going on, so I'm guessing their carrier operations were...

"C'mon, we can get another 10% out of it if we just tweak this dimension a little bit!"