Grab Your Ankles, It’s the Monday Update!
“Ankles are deceptively large. Even the pretty delicate-looking ones.”
Ignorance Is Bliss
Google News has a “fact check” section, a Snopes-like feature aimed at debunking disinformation circulating in less-reputable segments of American media (cough Fox News cough).
The Hump
The holiday hump is here … and it’s not the only one.
Air-Minded: A Matter of Some Gravity
Here’s a way to think about pulling Gs and why it hurts: if you weigh 200 pounds, at 9 Gs you’ll weigh 1,800. Consider that for a moment. Ready for your centrifuge ride?
Postoperative Postflight
TIL (today I learned) that a tube of flavored Chapstick, placed in a drawer ten years ago and then forgotten, goes rancid.
Is It Bad of Me to Gloat?
Itazuke Tower, this is Air Force 801.
Job Number One
Job number one is to clear your flight path and not hit shit.
Air-Minded: Contraband Crocodile
Snakes on a plane, meet contraband crocodile.