Love this clip. RIP Tsunami. Fun to see a young Steve Hinton also. #avgeek #airracing
Tsunami Wide World Of Flying
YouTube video by The Tsunami Project
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Matt
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Weird cars, planes, space, Appalachia, France, Formula 1, Pokémon, Craig Ferguson interviews.
Helped a hawk today. Just showed up on my driveway and wouldn't budge. Poor guy. The local zoo has a wildlife rehabilitation center that does good work.
Do these count as Monoblocks? Regardless, a first-gen SLK looks the business decked out like this. #weirdcarbs
QOTD: Which car have you driven that had the worst factory headlight output?
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Enjoyer@vought.bsky.social · 6d agoI preferred them as well, because the light output from the glass aero buckets in the 4000 and Coupe GT were horrible…
717 followers! Been waiting for this one. 🤩 And I'm still waiting to fly on one! The last photo is mine. All others credit airliners.net. #avgeek
My boss (and good friend) let me drive his 2002 Stahlgrau E46 330Ci to lunch on Tuesday and holy hell, did it make me miss my old E46. Especially since his 5-speed has the shift detent pin issue fixed. 🤩 I owned mine for 6.5 years, the longest I've kept a car. Hmm.
Beautiful moments can still happen even when you’re cooking out in the sun with angle grinder replacing your house's A/C's condenser motor because it's 87° inside.
I think this might be my favorite scene in all of cinema. It's breathtaking, especially the first minute or so.
Blade Runner (1982) - Dreaming of unicorns (The Final Cut)
YouTube video by Movie Clips Classics
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Apocalyptic clouds over Winston-Salem. So low, and you could see them swirl and move rapidly.
Watching ST:The Voyage Home, and there's a lot of goodness in this shot: • 280ZX • BMW 2002 • First-gen Riv (?) • Mark VII What else noteworthy did I not ID?
Trans mounts came off with little drama. Gonna try to do this without disconnecting the torque converter from the flex plate, which would entail removing the starter (requires intake removal, etc). All I need is to pry the trans & engine about 1" apart and the rogue bolt *should* drop out. 🤞
Investigators have released their preliminary report on the crash involving a LEGO 747 and Space Shuttle earlier this week. flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...
QOTD: Show me a car you'd take over the top-of-the-line model of the same vintage. In other words: I'd rather have the below than a 993 Turbo. It's just a lovely, lovely thing. Also see: E82 128i over a 135i.
No Reserve: 3,100-Mile 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Coupe 6-Speed
Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 3,100-Mile 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Coupe 6-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #252,758.
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This post provoked a firestorm of controversy (!) over on the tweety and solidified my commitment here.
Matt@spannerhead.bsky.social · 3y agoThe XV30 Camry was so ubiquitous and quietly competent that we all just kind of overlooked what a great looking car it really is. With apologies to the double rear wiper fanboys, this is Peak Camry right here.
Epic fail. You cannot take THESE kinds of photos of THIS car...and mis-install the T-Stars. 🤦♂️
No Reserve: 1991 BMW M5
Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1991 BMW M5 at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #252,310.
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My brother is visiting the science museum in Munich and took these pics (among others). #avgeek It made me curious about the status of the Me 262 project? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_262_...
TIL about the Walt Disney educational film focused on freeway driving. Courtesy my mom (!).
Goofy - "Freewayphobia No 1" (1965)
YouTube video by Álvaro Ramos
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If you know me, you know *exactly* what I'm going to say about this listing. 🤦♂️
No Reserve: 1996 Honda Prelude Si 5-Speed
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A manifesto for creatives. Shout it from the rooftops.
How AI Poisons Creativity
YouTube video by The Art Of Storytelling
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I really wish the #Wimbledon highlights weren't so garbage. Can't find ANYONE except for the headliners. The French Open and regular ATP/WTA coverage is so much better by comparison.
Turbo plumbing for 911s is fascinating to me. On this 3.6l 964, it looks like the header for the right bank crosses over in *front* of the engine, and while the right exhaust tip is associated with the muffler, the left tip is just for the wastegate. bringatrailer.com/listing/1994...
It always irks me when I watch planespotting videos of takeoffs and they don't show the entire landing gear retraction sequence. 👎 Similar with landings: Show me the reversers opening AND closing, please. #avgeek