Saturday, October 11, 2025
the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome’s Blériot XI is the oldest flying aircraft in the Americas and the second-oldest flying aircraft in the world
Prior to his aviation accomplishments, Blériot had a successful business producing automotive headlamps.
https://vintageaviationnews.com/vintage-aviation/the-oldest-aircraft-in-the-americas-bleriot-xi-soars-again-at-old-rhinebeck-aerodrome.html
https://vintageaviationnews.com/vintage-aviation/the-oldest-aircraft-in-the-americas-bleriot-xi-soars-again-at-old-rhinebeck-aerodrome.html
Plans to revive the long-defunct Pan American World Airways are moving forward.
Toronto Mayor mentioned in the news that vehicles assigned to Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet ministers were caught by speed cameras more than 20 times, saying: “No wonder they don’t like speed cameras.” (They are only money makers, and speed bumps are more effective at the purported purpose, slowing drivers)
the Mayor of Toronto is trying to save the money making automated speed enforcement program, and brought up, on the news, that vehicles assigned to Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet ministers have been caught by speed cameras 23 speed camera in the past three years.
Premier Ford is planning to introduce legislation to ban speed cameras, which he has repeatedly called a “tax grab” by municipalities.
In a separate instance, a minister-assigned vehicle was recorded at more than 150 km/h by the car’s internal monitoring system, triggering stunt driving notifications to the Ministry of Transport.
They don’t work to slow drivers down and are less effective than speed bumps
compliments to Cornwell Tools, they are partnering with the Susan G Komen Foundation to raise money in the fight against breast cancer.
Also, Cornwell Tools will donate 5% of all sales this month with a minimum commitment of $20,000. A portion of proceeds from every USA-made Tool Cart sold in their Starfire “Pink” Color will be donated back to the Susan G. Komen foundation.
https://www.nhra.com/news/2025/cornwell-tools-partners-susan-g-komen-foundation-prock-funny-car
https://www.nhra.com/news/2025/cornwell-tools-partners-susan-g-komen-foundation-prock-funny-car
some retard thought it would be a good idea for Ferrari to make electric cars for 800k apiece, and the result is Ferrari stock lost billions. Not millions... Billions with a B
Ferrari thought it would sell a lot of electric cars, 40% of annual sales
Some companies own millions of shares of Ferrari stock...
Baillie Gifford, a British investment management firm, holds about 4.3 million Ferrari shares, a position that was valued at about $2.1 billion as of Wednesday’s close.
They lost 3 million, on just the one stock. In one day.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/ev-ferrari-stock-price-elletrica-44817f3d
https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/motoring-news/ferrari-shares-crash-as-ev-falls-flat/news-story/a69a687e18546698a613d346760b8a4f
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/10/09/ferrari-shares-plunge-in-worst-day-ever-as-guidance-worries-analysts
https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/motoring-news/ferrari-shares-crash-as-ev-falls-flat/news-story/a69a687e18546698a613d346760b8a4f
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/10/09/ferrari-shares-plunge-in-worst-day-ever-as-guidance-worries-analysts
Kyu-shirataki Station, one of most remote train stations in Japan, made headlines because it was kept open so one schoolgirl could commute to school (an hour away) and closed after her graduation.
The trains arrival schedule literally revolved around her and her school times and when she didn't have school that day, the train wouldn't stop there.
After approximately 75 years of burial under in sand, a150 year old steam engine (1876) was unearthed in New Zealand's South Mole dunes, still on the rails. 1 of 3 Mills A locos built for the Wanganui to Foxton railway.
The 3 locomotives were named Skunk, Opossum, and Wallaby
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1705340596974091&set=pcb.1705340633640754
I'm sure I speak for all of us, we love great names for military planes, tanks, etc with a sense of humor
the list of tank names include
Dropped as a Baby,
ASVAB Waiver,
Article 15,
Academy Dropout,
Divine Intervention,
and Come And Take It.
Giving tanks a name is a tradition among tanker crews as old as tanks themselves, which debuted on battlefields in World War I.
the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office (NCDAO) announced a 51-count indictment related to a CDL exam cheating scheme
The applicants then both went to different DMV locations in the following days to provide their paperwork and obtain their interim permits.
A ring of DMV employees working together manipulated the commercial driver’s license exam process, allowing no-show applicants to cheat the system and skip their tests – giving them CDL permits that they did not earn and were not qualified to hold,” said the DA, “This is now the second corruption scheme my office uncovered this year involving DMV employees"
Friday, October 10, 2025
After nearly 20 years in storage, the National Museum of the USAF is finally placing its Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 'Foxbat' on display
This particular aircraft was exported by the Soviet Union to Iraq, where it was flown by the Iraqi Air Force.
In 2003, when the United States-led invasion of Iraq took place, U.S. forces took over the Al-Taqaddum Air Base, bear Baghdad.
There, they found that in an effort to prevent their aircraft from being destroyed by American attacks, the Iraqis had buried their planes in the sand near the air base.
Among these was this MiG-25RB however, it was found without the wings, buried or hidden somewhere else never discovered, but it was still in the best condition of the Iraqi MiG-25s at Al-Taqaddum.
In 2006, the aircraft was officially transferred to the National Museum of the USAF, but has been kept in storage due to its incomplete status.
However, with the completion of some of the museum’s other restoration projects, such as their Storch and the nose section of the A-26B Invader now painted as The Little Heathen, being placed on display in the WWII Gallery, the Iraqi MiG-25 is being refurbished to go on display.
far from the beaten path, on Espiritu Santo, a pair of Corsairs that crashed in WW2 were just found
and this wing mounted machine gun still has the live ammo
the majority of crashes on Espiritu Santo—approximately 99%—were the result of training accidents. “A handful of aircraft ran out of fuel in transit, but most ended up in the sea,” he explained. “Pilots low on fuel were trained to make controlled water landings while still having enough power to manage the aircraft.” Beyond training incidents, Stevenson noted that other causes included “bad strafing runs, failed bomb drops, flying into mountains in cloud, uncontrolled spins, mid-air collisions, and low-altitude maneuvers gone wrong—tragic losses of young lives.”
Since 2017, more than 150 public high school skilled trades teachers have been awarded the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, the 2025 winners have been announced
After receiving more than 1,000 applications from 49 states and Washington D.C., we are excited to announce the 25 winners of the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence® – and $1.5 million in cash prizes
Vincent Ramirez restored his grandfather’s 1951 Ford F4 potato truck from the farm's “machine graveyard” into his daily driver while earning his engineering degree at the Worcester Polytechnical Institute
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It had sat untouched in a barn destined for demolition for over four decades.
Since rescuing and restoring the family heirloom, the Piston scholarship recipient has taken the truck cross-country, driving more than 2,000 miles
Since rescuing and restoring the family heirloom, the Piston scholarship recipient has taken the truck cross-country, driving more than 2,000 miles
I just looked through everything I've posted on Hot Wheels, to see if I'd ever posted the "rrRumblers" and I had no idea I'd posted so much, and it reminds me how much that Hot Wheels needs a museum, and an encyclopedia
the carry case looked like a lunch box according to one commentor on the facebook page
they had a clip on attachment so they could race on the orange track, named the Track Rack
imagine being 5 or 6 and getting one of THESE wheeled gadgets: The Krazy Kar by Marx toys
This is what you get when you want your kids to BURN OFF that endless energy!
OMG, do you remember collecting wrappers from cans of whatever to get stuff via mail in coupons?
I'll be damned, even Hot Wheels had one!
from That 70s Page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1249256240568492&set=a.342550132513530
But if you want to see some arguing get started, post something like this
and guys lost their minds trying to out trivia expert each other on the damn things... wow. There's no trophy for knowing the most about these, but you can't tell that from social media
I love the vintage displays. But, everyone is out there collecting and raising the prices to way out of my range. A display like this? Would be awesome. But I'm guess this one, would be a thousand bucks or more, for these exact cars, in like new condition
If you get a kick out of the vintage displays, be sure to click on this https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2023/05/hot-wheels-diorama-displays-used-in.html for the store diorama displays.. .. incredible stuff
and as long as I'm soaking up Hot Wheels, I'll post this, which I became fascinated by, but adjust the speed setting to 1.25. This guy is either slowing down his video by 25%, for some reason you tubers probably know about, or, he talks really slow