I still marvel as I recall standing on the LIRR platform at Valley Stream watching a string of '47s on approach to JFK, and wondering how anything so huge could stay in the air at that speed. They were as magic.

(Written on 01.09.2017)(Permalink)

If "the following word 'ego'" had been implied, the preceding word "You" would have had an "r" on the end of it. Who's watching your neighborhood?

(Written on 01.10.2014)(Permalink)

Oh, Mr Pilotman415, I am impressed no end by your mastery of "the correct conjugation of words." I hope you will soon advance to the level at which you can handle the difference between the plural and the possessive: it's "Americans," not "American's" when you are referring to more than one of us. Do try to keep the rubber side down - and mind the gap.

(Written on 01.10.2014)(Permalink)

Better than SSA! You bet!

(Written on 01.04.2013)(Permalink)

I just realized that we have all missed the main point: a member of the Genovese family is arrested on Long Island with a wad of cash and an automatic weapon ... this is news? It's like that old story about the boy and the barn filled with manure - there must a body in there somewhere.

(Written on 06.03.2011)(Permalink)

Some of these comments sound just like that feller in DC who said it was obvious that the Cambridge Police "acted stupidly."

(Written on 03.03.2011)(Permalink)

"...but this particular story .... was purportedly written by a lawyer..." Well, we know what Shakespeare said about them.

(Written on 03.03.2011)(Permalink)

A number of things about this business bother me: 1) The incident in question took place in 2009, but is represented on Flight Aware as if it were current news; 2) The reportage originated from a biased source; 3) I can find no original, objective reportage on the incident anywhere (maybe it exists, but I cannot find it); 4) I am disappointed that Flight Aware would present the story the way it has, given its age and its obvious bias. It may be relevant to the Flight Aware mission, but that relevance is not yet apparent to me.

(Written on 01.03.2011)(Permalink)