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Ah, another pretty bird! I saw the unpainted finish, which is the same as Aluminum Overcast. According to Wikipedia, there are now only 10 flying B17s left. And only two flying B29s (FiFi, which has been flying for decades, and Doc, which was only restored to flying condition in 2016)

I would have thought so: feather the prop on the dead engine, raise the gear, get the flaps to whatever setting is appropriate, and establish a slow climb straight ahead until you have enough altitude to turn back. But I’ve no flying experience that is relevant here, beyond knowing that an engine out on takeoff is a nightmare scenario, even-or perhaps moreso-in a multi engine plane. You have to do a lot of things quickly, perfectly, and in exactly the right sequence. And if something else is wrong, like the other engines aren’t making rated horsepower or the prop won’t feather or you simply waste too many seconds thinking “what the #!%*#”, it’s all for naught.

I doubt it was overweight, since it wouldn't have had a bomb load and enough fuel to reach Dresden. The number of passengers wasn't much more than the crew of 9 it flew in combat. A secondhand report on a pilot board I frequent said they lost the #3 engine on takeoff, and didn't have enough power or altitude to make the turn back to the field. The NTSB will spend the next year trying to figure out exactly what happened. I doubt they added a flight data recorder to the aircraft; they generally keep the restorations on steam gauges, for authenticity, though I see in AVB's cockpit photo that they did sneak a GPS into the instrument panel. I never got to ride in Nine-0-Nine, or in Aluminum Overcast (which I believe is the aircraft in Lakota's photo), but I have seen the Collings Foundation planes at Morristown Airport, where I'm based, and occasionally over my house, a few miles north of there. Tragic, all around.

And I’ll bet Hillary is wondering how he survived. That wasn’t in the plan.

A single shot, bolt action is the solution. Teach her the fundamentals. Teach her precision shooting. That has to come before one gets to enjoy the pleasures of rapid fire.

If you want something that reminds you of Han Solo's blaster, get a Broomhandle Mauser. Han Solo's blaster was a 1896 Mauser design The prop shop for Star Wars built one (a couple, actually) up from venerable C-96 Broomhandles they had on hand, the first of the prop guns had been used (in unaltered form) by Frank Sinatra in the 1968 film "The Naked Runner"

So, other than that, a good experience?

I believe the correct utensil for crock pot ribs is a spork.

Because you can make them in a crockpot?

Those are mostly tech companies. Silicon Valley has always been pretty hostile to us Anyway, I’m pleased to report that my boycott is going well, though I didn’t know I was boycotting. I’ve not spent a dime with any company on that list in the last year.

Same capability the M1 Garand has, and the manufacturers sold a few of those over the years.

Or both. I'm betting that the NY Times article is wrong, AND the State of NJ is wasting money. I kind of assume that both of those are the case, whatever the issue happens to be.

Yep, they're good. Plus you can open carry while shopping there.

I don't understand all the discussion. Bacon is clearly the superior pork product, and there is no confusion around what to call it, or what part of the pig it comes from.

So, just the one guy, drinking alone?

Yep. Behind a few dozen protesters who have never swung a hammer and who don’t have the foggiest idea of what a sickle is for.

Dunno. Might depend on whether the state is considered flammable or inflammable English is a weird language.

Nice! I always had a dive watch, back when divers actually used them for diving. Many of us from that era have a story or two of getting well into a deep, gnarly dive before realizing they'd forgotten to set the time bezel when leaving the surface, meaning that their upcoming deco schedule was going to involve a lot of guesswork and silent prayers. Good times...

Did they phase out the #$(!# microscope Allen screws used to adjust the sights, and go back to using slotted screws for windage and elevation, like any normal gun?

I tend to favor the Ruger, they're solid, aftermarket support is great, the MK IVs are easy to clean, and the factory sights, while not great, are better than most in that price range. That said, the S&W has a reallllly nice trigger, for a factory gun.

That one was weird, because there was no mention of finding a sawed-off shotgun (and they would have mentioned it!). Just the sawed-off barrels. So, if found in possession of a sawed-off shotgun AND the sawed-off barrels, does that demonstrate constructive intent to weld up a legal shotgun? :-)

It gets tiresome, pointing out the media's misuse of gun-related terminology, but this article manages to fabricate a few terms that I'd not seen before. new fearmongering from NJ.com I've got no problem with this guy getting convicted on the drug charges, and since he was already a convicted felon, he shouldn't have had the guns. And some of the magazines do seem to be illegal under NJ's ill-conceived firearms laws. The article does its' best to make it sound like his possession of white supremacist literature was another criminal offense (apparently confusing 'disturbing' with 'illegal'), but it is the verbiage they use to describe the guns and accessories that really stands out. The man is accused of possessing, among other things: "a semi-automatic assault handgun" "a 9 mm semi-automatic assault pistol" "two barrels sawed off from a double barrel shotgun" "a sight for an assault rifle" "a stripped AR15 bolt carrier" "several solid and hollow point bullets" "silencer tubes" (?) "a ballistics vest" So now we've got some body of readers wringing their hands over the fact that he was able to possess "several" bullets, and ready to demand that sights and tubes be added to the list of things they want banned and confiscated.

Never mind the museum, when is range day?

Well, a Nike suit wouldn’t be too popular.

My vote can be bought with BBQ