Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Junkers F.13 Revival--- But Why, Exactly

Rimowa, better known for making metal suitcases, has recertified the Junkers F.13 for production. This article is in French and this should take you to an English translation. Junker's press release is here.

In late `15, they were projecting a price of $2.2 million per.

Seems like a lot of money for an airplane that might outrun a Cessna 150 on a good day. Spending the kind of money it took to re-engineer and make a F.13 seems like a very British thing to do.

5 comments:

Snowdog said...

Not too much different than the Me 262 project, if a bit uglier aircraft than the 262.

CenterPuke88 said...

To paraphrase JFK, “we do it not because it is easy, we do it because there are people out there willing to spend three million plus for one of these suckers”.

Deadstick said...

Open cockpit, R-985...gotta love that.

Dark Avenger said...

Why aren’t any English televisions?

Because they couldn’t build on that leaks oil.

Comrade Misfit said...

And the Lucas Electric jokes.... The Price of Darkness.