Had Fuddy Duddy fly about 700 above me last Friday. While grabbing what turned out to be a really good burrito from one of those gourmet food trucks I heard the tell tale thumping rumble of radial engines over my right shoulder. I turned around and watched Fuddy Duddy come in for a landing at John Wayne Airport (SNA). Sure I could have grabbed my phone and took a hasty pic but that would have ruined the moment and likely would have resulted in a piss poor pic.

Did my G /FB post spur this? If so thanks.

Anyways, B-17. Absolutely love the things, tough beautiful and deadly. I love the classic lines of the cockpit the subtle angles, the large wings, the thumping of the radial engines - just beautiful.

BTW: the '17 I saw was Fuddy Duddy which was a VIP transport at the end of the war.

Here's a shot of Fuddy Duddy in May of 2010:

Really? Oatmeal prune cookies? Now I have seen everything.

It doesn't matter weather it's a car or computer, I've been building, breaking and fixing them since I was 14. I'm 36 now.

Ugh... why did I click that link. Now I'm filled with want for another GM product that will try to maim me in some way. The last one set me on fire.

Reminds me of an old Ford I had. Damned thing leaked so badly that I would just replace filters every so often. When that engine came out I was vindicated. Freaking thing was clean on the inside.

What it looks like to me is the short landing scared the piss out this engine too.

I'm just going to copy and paste a rant I made about my 2002 Nissan Maxima a few years ago:



Thing I hate, sure I have ranted about them before but these still irk me:

The auto tranny. I've vented about this before but it still irks me when I'm coming out of a corner and the stupid thing upshifts and holds that gear.

Turning radius. I have only had one other vehicle I had to pull into an intersection in order to make a u-turn in. That was a Ford Crew Cab Dually. Yes Nissan, your 4 door sport car's turning radius is comparable to a truck with a 168 in wheelbase.

The crazy reset/learning procedures we need to perform. Seriously, most other vehicles figure out their base parameters within 15 minutes of being fired up for the first time. Why do we need to click the key over 18.2 times wait 3.6 seconds honk the horn in a church from the back seat to reset a fuel door light? But on a serious note, the car has enough sensors, it should be able to figure out where the throttle valve should be.

The crappy/chinzy little motors Nissan uses for the sunroof and seats amongst other things. I have had to rebuild the sunroof motor twice so far, and to tell you the truth It's pretty undersized for the job it has to do. Not to mention the brush holders are poorly casted. Last time I took it apart I had to shave one of the brushes down because it was getting caught on the holder.

Oh yea, speaking of sunroofs Nissan, why did you omit the manual operation of the sunroof for the 5th gen? You do understand these things fail every so often and you really shouldn't -HAVE- to take the damned car into the dealer to just get the thing closed.

Oh crap! you're right!

Oh well I needed a night light anyway.

Needs sideskirts...