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There are things we think of as simple that had to be invented by somebody. It was the Wood Brothers' stock car racing team that invented the short pit stop. A Ford engineer had pointed out to them that it seemed a lot of critical time could be gained there. They started working on solutions...

Speaking of buttons, did you see the row of switches on a bar attached to both yokes? When the pilot pulls back on his yoke, the switches come towards him and more instrument panel is visible from the camera's point of view.

A fully restored PBY-5A Catalina leaving Florida, for the airshow in Oshkosh, WI.

So that's how the Subaru spark plugs get serviced in Japan!

I have some, haven't used them much yet, but they are really nice! If circumstances require me to start over someday, I'd pray they made long pattern sets of these by then. Until then, these are in my road bag (neato plastic organizer) and the Craftsman Professionals are my go-to tool chest sets.

That fits with my memory of these FACOM wrenches: the small sizes are long, the large sizes are too short. Those CMan raised panels are normal sized wrenches, not long pattern!

A reminder that I have bought both the Knipex, then the HF "Doyle" version, and I'm usually hestitant to talk this way, but definitely coming off the same assembly line with tiny differences. Knipex has more and nicer laser printing on the side of a blade, and the plastic holders are slightly...

I would like to aks you a question. That wobble fix, do you get to choose between normal and wobble via some feature of the locking collar? Or by just pushing the extension harder into the socket? I've had the latter on some cheap impact extensions and I did not like it. But I sure do love...

More Mark Donohue! Trans Am at Watkins Glen, 1970:

Like Wilde roll pin punches! I don't remember if I have roll pin punches...

Mine just shrank a little! Removed an item or two that are on recent orders... and made order #4!

Don't ya wanna do something elaborate with wingnuts and safety wire? (Kinda joking. Those Nord Locks look tempting.)

Those look like my DeWalts, with a slightly different color scheme. I like them a lot. I have had a tiny bit of wire brush bristle make it through an air vent on the eyebrow edge, though, and tumbled into my eye. Not good. That's what I get for straying from goggles + shield, too. Also, cheap...

When I see wacky tracking locations on an order, I think of two possibilities:: a) sheer Three Stooges mayhem inside a warehouse with people throwing boxes at each other 2) managers under pressure to make numbers! NUMBERS! and pencil-whipping things, but in a computery kind of way, making it...

'tis plain! You need to start a drawer/bin/container/mayonnaise jar just for left-handed drill bits!