Supersonic booms are a function of mass and velocity. By gowing slower in a lighter airliner the hope is for the boom to be less intense. IF the energy in the overpressure is low enough then the boom should not be as bothersome to people on the ground as the Concorde's boom was.  Read more

Look, you broke the ATC union decades ago, and we’re finally seeing the results: underpaid, overworked employees with almost no one going into the industry, leading to industry wide delays due to staff shortages. Read more

Kimi AND Rocky in NASCAR?!
I’ve been to three races, but this just might make me care.
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If it didn’t say IndyCar all over it I’d have thought this was a NASCAR article with those driver quotes and attitudes. Read more

Gotta give credit to the comment section: you folks discovered two errors I’ve now corrected: Read more

I will always side with a working class striker, no matter what.
Class consciousness is the only thing that is going to save us from the mess the 99% has gotten into.  The owners of our labour are not our friends.   Read more

Ryan, I think you’ve doubled the average commute. Read more

Implodes? Holy crap, since when did Michael sign up the WWE to train his drivers? The full on slam that Rossi put on Grosjean was...awesome. I particularly thought the right turn onto the grass after the gravel trap but BEFORE the tire wall was a thing of beauty. Tastefully done, Alex. Fess up time, you practiced… Read more

“This rebuffed demand somewhat indicated that JetBlue simply wanted to disrupt the creation of a direct industry rival.” Read more

Very inspiring. Read more

Rainey Roberts and Mansell in a photo 😊👍 Read more

Just wow. What a moment. Read more

Ooh first to comment. Finally an opportunity to get out of the greys?? Read more

“Had we invested earlier and massively in renewable energy, we would not find ourselves once again at the mercy of unstable fossil fuel markets. So let’s make sure the war in Ukraine is not used to increase that dependency.”

“Should billionaires get to keep all the money?” Read more

There will be a lot of breathless prose for Rossi’s closure on Power in the last 20 laps, but none of the announcers (radio or TV) seemed to think that Power could hold him off. Power maintaining an adequate pace to win while minimizing tire degradation was a truly brilliant performance of a very experienced driver… Read more

Marky Mark Action Shot

Stellantis - what a dumb name that is. So like Stars + Atlantis? They’re like lost ... undersea... stars? Read more

Counterpoint: Northrop-Grumman

Horses are OK, at least for the police! (Photo taken yesterday at the IMS infield)