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Sunday, February 22, 2026
meanwhile in todays news, on the border line in Baja Mexico not far from San Diego, traffic to US completely cut off from leaving by burning vehicles in response to the Mexican army killing the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Air Canada announced it was suspending flights to Puerto Vallarta "due to an ongoing security situation" and advised customers not to go to their airport.
In Guadalajara, the state capital, burning vehicles blocked roads.
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Mazda has something new, a 2 stroke, 15 to 1 compression, supercharged engine
operating as a compression-ignition (like a diesel) under low loads, and spark ignition during high loads. If that last part sounds familiar, it's because Mazda employs it on its Skyactiv-X engine
what the hell did someone make this for? By coincidence, Kim just wrote an article about it 2 days ago!
notice the airboat engine in the back
This Finnish vessel was developed and built in the 1970s by Finnish-Swedes Nils Eriksson and his son Raimo, who saw the need for a vessel that could cross water, snow and ice in the Åboland archipelago a few hundred kilometers west of Finnish capital Helsinki.
Amphibian had sprung, retractable wheels, so that if it had to drive a little on solid ground, it could be equipped with skis.
A Ford V6 engine - later Rover V8 - powered the hydrocopter's propeller, giving it a speed of 8 knots in water, 12 knots over young snow and over 50 knots on ice (57 mph - yeehaw!!). On the other hand, the propeller was very noisy, which is why people had to wear ear protection when sitting in it.
Amphibian was a great success: In Finland they were sold to the coast guard, the military, the police, the fire department and the postal service. The Swedish coast guard and a few municipalities in Sweden also purchased some, the latter using it to transport children to school when ordinary boats could not sail.
At ‘Maskinverkstad Niels Eriksson’ in the town of Lileax, around 130 were built over 20 years, of which there are probably 20-30 left. A few years ago, an Amphibian NE 3000 went for $7,570 when it went under the hammer at the Swedish Klaraviks Auctions.
thank you Kim!
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