a search for airworthy Douglas DC-3s to photograph has grown into a worldwide research project, aviation photographer Rene Ligon has documented nearly 600 surviving airframes

Ligon has now documented 657 surviving airframes, as of August 22, 2026. 

To make the information manageable, he maintains two principal lists: one for aircraft that are airworthy or close to airworthy, and another for static examples. 

The flying category also includes aircraft capable of taxiing and those being restored to airworthy condition. 

To make the information manageable, he maintains two principal lists: one for aircraft that are airworthy or close to airworthy, and another for static examples. The flying category also includes aircraft capable of taxiing and those being restored to airworthy condition.

https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/mapping-the-survivors-rene-ligons-quest-to-document-the-worlds-remaining-douglas-dc-3s.html#google_vignette

the Shoei HUD-integrated helmet is now available to own, It’s called the GT-Air 3 Smart, will cost about 1500$... I wonder what this will do for F1, Gran Prix, Nascar, and Rally drivers?

Functions and information like speed, your route and directions, calls, and even music can be interacted with, meaning that we no longer need to take our eyes off the road for that split-second to check out speedometer or smart device to check our route or answer the call from the Mr. or Mrs. to tell you not to forget the milk. Google & Siri are also part of the functionality here, so speak up and keep on riding.

These features can also be customized with the ones that you feel are most important to you while you’re riding around.

Another little trick that EyeLights and Shoei worked into the system is a projection of 3 m (9.8 ft) in front of you, helping us gain up to 32% more time to react since you’re always looking at the road ahead and not in some corner of the visor that requires you to rely on your peripherals for reacting to a hazard in the road.

Skip the first 30 seconds to see what it looks like for the rider

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/shoei-eliminates-the-split-second-of-missing-attention-with-the-gt-air-3-smart-helmet-with-hud-visor-274929.html#

Tom Cruise announces a follow-up film to ‘Days of Thunder’ to hit theaters in 2028

The 64-year-old Cruise announced Saturday he will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle in a follow-up to “Days of Thunder.” He waved the green flag on it hours before the Cup Series’ regular-season finale at Daytona and then showed up for the pre-race drivers’ meeting. 

 Anne Hathaway will co-star as a team owner and engineer in the film scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 2, 2028.

The Hollywood Reporter reported in November 2024 that Cruise had talked to Paramount about a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR racing film.

Jeff Gordon, now vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports, openly lobbied for Cruise to bring a “Days of Thunder” sequel to life. Gordon and Cruise have become friends over the years — Cruise showed up at a 2015 NASCAR banquet to honor the retiring Gordon — which could boost the prospect of Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports’ involvement in a sequel.

https://apnews.com/article/days-of-thunder-nascar-tom-cruise-8515e8b485c878cb67d9495a093fa43d

Boom Supersonic is about ready to test it's prototype engine

Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl recently appeared on The Captain & Kennedy Air Show podcast, where he discussed the company’s progress and its preparations to test Symphony’s Sprint Core. “We’re a few weeks away from that thing running for the first time,” Scholl said.

https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/boom-supersonic-to-test-engine-core-08302026.php

somewhere in Northern Europe was in interesting rally, on a twisty gravel rd where every single car could power slide around the curves

the first 1:20 has American cars, then about 4 minutes of Volvos, Saabs, and rally cars, then 4x4 atvs, then at 8:54 they switch to another location and it's back to big American cars powersliding

how a steam locomotive can run in place (thank you George!)

Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato

https://www.hagerty.com/media/lists/you-clean-up-nice-5-cars-with-designer-style-over-simpler-bones

The Charger is currently the slowest-selling new vehicle in the United States.

there are 10,800 of them on dealer lots, but there have only been about 1,260 sales in the last 45-day window — so... there is about a 385-day supply, at an average transaction price near $58,560.

That's why Dodge has spent 2026 throwing product at that problem. 

It revived the Super Bee with 600 horsepower. 

SRT developed an electrically assisted boost system largely to make a turbocharged six feel like something it isn't.

None of it changes the fundamental math: Windsor is building a car that retail buyers are declining at a rate no incentive fixes. 

https://autos.yahoo.com/new-vehicles-and-reviews/articles/dodge-building-cop-car-again-200504532.html

Max Verstappen'll be trading his F1 race car for a go-kart in a forthcoming race, where he'll take on 100 other drivers from all walks of life to find out if he really is the best there is on Disney+. Called Max vs. 100 on September 16th, 2026

the race will put Verstappen at the very back of a 101-kart field, and he'll have to fight his way through all of them to get to the front. 

The field will be made up of celeb athletes like ultrarunner Arda Saatçi, basketball shooting specialist Chris "Lethal Shooter" Matthews, and freestyle mountain biker Matt Jones. Also, online streamers TheGrefg, Caedrel and TheDonato along with other content creators, personalities, and fans from all around the globe.

The race will happen at Silverstone where the track has been modified to support karting. The track race director, David Terrien, made sure that the track is ready for the karts saying, "Creating a track for 101 drivers at the same time has never been done, never been seen, so it's very exciting."

https://fordauthority.com/2026/08/max-verstappen-trading-ford-f1-racer-for-go-kart-in-wild-contest

Jeep Heritage, a used parts salvage yard in Johnson City, Texas, is moving, and it’s using the move as a reason to reduce inventory. The outfit is offering lots of used parts at half off their normal prices.

 https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/jeep-heritage-is-clearing-out-its-inventory-of-full-size-jeep-parts/

Two identical oversize loads rolled out of the same yard on one afternoon, and by evening one of them was jammed solid under a concrete span on Highway 1, and the other had snapped a phone line at a city intersection.

 https://www.ecoportal.net/en/one-fraser-valley-shipper-sent-identical/34797/

evidence that corporate car manufacturing either had a lot of 3 martini lunches, or there secretly was a lot of pot smoked in the bathrooms during work breaks... blue and purple cars? big and little back window options? (and paisley vinyl mod tops!)

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=28592820550302783&set=pcb.28913598101592317

Jack Chrisman and his nitro methane Comet

 

https://www.facebook.com/bill.stravinsky/posts/pfbid0275vLvdhXySzBviak8rBZgGXUJq4eNkgb2mgJsy9CzFVvWvXSoSDxNb1PFiya4xofl

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company railcar #10 "Comet" built in 1882, designed for the company’s famous Gravity Railroad, which transported anthracite coal and passengers over the Moosic Mountains between Carbondale and Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Built in early 1882 along side her sister coach #9 "Eclipse", but the Comet was one of the few "smoking cars".

When service ended in 1899 the car was taken up to its current location by draw horses, becoming a small ski factory for a time, then afterwards, a painters studio

https://www.facebook.com/narrowgaugehistory/posts/pfbid02ezA8QERGQqCin7zDNdg4FRfG74pufgjKm5NXyuawDBAdS3czVk8YLM7rbX4z9qa1l

https://archive.org/stream/01GravityRailroad1829Configuration/Delaware%20and%20Hudson%20Railroad/15%20Locomotives%20and%20Roundhouses_djvu.txt

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=352884302000837&set=pcb.352893098666624

This abandoned 1905 ABC bridge in the Kansas City Stockyards was recently converted into a public trail and double-decker entertainment district

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=28135859802730732&set=gm.28739174099022732&idorvanity=120835437949980

August banners

as part of the National Thirst Eliminator Sweepstakes for Coca-Cola, you would win this 1969 Super Cat Cougar

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1373798287866724&set=a.422378721149642

the 94 Mercury Sable AIV (Aluminum-Intensive Vehicle) was about 400 pounds lighter than a Taurus SHO, with the same power train, and without rust

The AIV Sable went all-in on aluminum, reinventing the unibody. Most of its steel body panels were replaced with aluminum, and many suspension components followed suit.

Multimatic Motorsports (Ford's exclusive racing partner) entered an aluminum-bodied Sable AIV in the 1995 One Lap of America endurance event, and finished first in class (Mid-Price class) and 15th overall, ahead of far more exotic machinery, like the Cobra Mustangs, Corvette ZR-1s, and even RUF Porsches. The win validated the platform’s stiffness, reliability, and real-world performance advantages.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1427688522477700&set=a.680562277190332

FWIW,  I beat Ford Authority to the post with this... I wonder, are they looking at my blog? Because it's too coincidental to think that Ford Authority chose today to look at the facebook page that I looked at, which posted this on Feb 9th 2026, the day after I did

https://fordauthority.com/2026/08/before-the-f-150-ford-built-20-mercury-sable-sedans-with-aluminum

new movie you oughta know about for the fantastic vintage cars... the Maserati, The Brothers, with Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino - completing the trilogy of the great Italian can maker movies (Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati) that I posted about years ago

The film is produced by Andrea Iervolino, who produced Moresco’s Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend, and Micheal Mann’s Ferrari starring Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz. He is also planning one on Bugatti.

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2026/02/in-upcoming-cool-car-movie-news-anthony.html

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/maserati-the-brothers-official-trailer-just-dropped-274801.html