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Not sure if serious. The 787 is probably the most flexy airplane ever built. If your ride was bumpy it was more global warming's fault than the airplane you were riding in.

The one character that was really fascinating they didn't ever explain at all. Like...a 5 minute back plot on Snoke would have been lovely.

Still need it? I'm in town for the weekend and could probably help you out this Saturday.

The problem is these third world ass wipes are exporting not only their people, but their radicalized thoughts. The internet just makes it even easier for them. I'll be curious to see what the background on this ass hat is...but the long beard and reports of him shouting in Arabic definitely means Islamic terrorism is a safe bet. But beyond that, I'm more curious if this douche noodle is a home grown American, an immigrant, a refugee, etc, etc. Also...fcuk him. What's New York's stance on the death penalty?

No way...I'm way to busy drinking and gambling to drive my Lambo.

Hi Pat!

It has a VIN? I thought all the Super Trofeo race cars didn't have vins...So does that mean you can technically drive it on the street?

Even though his compressor is turning on/off?

How long has it been? Can you stop payment on your CC? Because odds are, if they are being stingy with not even proving they have your parts...they never even ordered them. Brian had to go down there in person before they admitted they hadn't even started on his car.

Yea, the silver G is his. Allow me to interpret his intent: It's for the Gallardo owners on the fence about jumping into a Murcielago and want to see the visual differences. It's kind of hard to compare two different pictures on your computer because there is no sense of scale. But now two coupes of similar color parked next to each other helps a lot. Sure, his G is lowered and has aftermarket rims, but for height purposes use mine (orange G), since it's stock ride height.

More pics of the orange one!

I'm in. Can we make sure it somehow disparages Ferrari's though?

Flight level 420, so 42,000 feet. Which is about as high as I can get in my particular plane. And correct, any sudden downdraft would be a negative G.

Haha, sure. So going "home" after a mission over Afghanistan, we fly a route called the "boulevard" that is over western Pakistan (on the border with Iran) and dumps out into the Arabian Sea. Basically Pakistan and the US have an agreement where we get to use that airspace, it's not very wide and we kind of split it up in halfs with inbound traffic on the east side and outbound on the west (imagine a highway). It normally works well but when there is weather on the route it can become a shit show because we are vary limited on going around it due to the limited lateral airspace. We, obviously, can't go into Iran and Pakistan doesn't always let us go very far beyond the dimensions of the boulevard further into their airspace. So really that only lets us go vertical and try and get OVER the storm. That usually works decently well but this was a monster of a storm and went really really high up. The other jets that over/under G'd did it while in Afghanistan on the way to the boulevard. Basically, the windshear and turbulence was so bad that it moved the airplane around above the manufacturers suggested limit...which on a heavy aircraft (KC-135, RC-135, KC-10, C-5, etc) is much smaller than a fighter. A fighter was designed to pull G's, the big boy's aren't. And, especially with negative G's, the limit is very small. Here ya go singleseat:

My worst was trying to RTB from Afghanistan. Had Iran on my right, Pakistan on my left, and a thunderstorm 100 miles wide in front of me. Had to climb up to FL420 and even barely get over it. The two heavies in front of me and the one behind me all under/over G'd on the way back. We were the only ones to get through it without a scratch. But damn if I didn't have my harness cinched down TIGHT.

As a passenger, you want a LOWER cabin altitude A lower cabin altitude will result in a higher cabin differential (the difference between the outside air pressure and the inside), but as a passenger you don't care about the diff, just what the pressure altitude is for the given environment you are located. The 787 has a lower cabin pressure then pretty much any other airplane meaning you are less fatigued at the end of your flight.

Financially: The 787 vs A380 is the David vs Goliath business model. Boeing bet that airlines would want more efficient, more frequent flights. Airbus bet that hauling a TON of people all at once, less often would pay off. Based on orders (and profit) Boeing bet correctly. Airbus will be lucky if the A380 breaks even. Comfort: You can't really compare the two, because each airline specs out their airplanes differently. For example, if you flew a 737NG from Ryanair you would probably think all Boeing 737s are crap because they shoe horned as many people as possible into the jet, make you pay for the toilet, etc. Boeing and Airbus are at the mercy of the airlines for how their airplanes get spec'd out. Pissed you don't have a seat charger? It's not Airbus' fault, it's United being stingy when they ordered their A320. Pilots perspective: I've only flown Boeing. I'm actually 2/3's the way through getting my 737 type rating right now and it is a nice plane to fly. I feel like some of the cockpit design (for systems) is a bit old and dated though. This is due to the 737 having a ton of operators and Boeing needs to keep the type rating the same for all iterations of the 737. So the brand spanking new 737MAX needs to be fairly similar to the old 737-400 Classic. This "gripe" doesn't apply to the 787 which has a state of the art (and frankly sexy) cockpit. Airbus doesn't really have the issue the 737 has with a large customer base flying the same type of airplane (cough Southwest cough), so their cockpits make a bit more sense than the 737 in a Human Factors sense. Also, they have the side stick which is either a love hate from what I've been told. Unanimously, all the pilots really enjoy having a tray table in front of them (Airbus only) so they can eat, write, or even cross their legs. Overall, I like flying the plane and I rest easy knowing that the computer on a Boeing jet can't kill me. The same is not true with Airbus, the pilot cannot override the core logic of the flight computer.

I run Toyo R888's on my LP570 rims. They are awesome and provide stupid levels of grip. Only down side is a bit more road noise than other tires.

I saw it in IMAX...such a great decision. My only complaint would be the last Ju-88 that Tom Hardy shot down. That was just stupid Hollywood bullshit. Otherwise, I love the fact they used real airplanes. 3x Spitfires flying in formation and the 2x Me-109s...amazing.

He is looking at the silver 6spd Murci.

Cat's are goooone. Hello test pipes.

Oil change AND test pipe install day: That's a nice touch. Life hack. Take off the heat shield on the cat and on the inside wheel-well. Then, unbolt the oil reservoir, remove the cat from the top rather than out from the drivers side wheel-well. I used Peter Beattie's Garage video on YouTube as a reference and I got it done in about 90 minutes. Seemed much, much, much easier than all the grief he went through. Where cat's belong. In a soon to be forgotten about box in storage.

Hahah yea. I priced out the CF mirrors...that isn't happening any time soon. Not worth the cost IMO.

Home stretch...I think I've said that before though. Bumper was fully tweaked to eliminate ALL fender gap. Can't suck it up any more now. Might try moving the hood down a smidge but otherwise I'm very satisfied. Getting test pipes installed on Wednesday and then off to get the roof wrap re-done since it was from a bad vinyl batch and got all streaky.