Recent content by gnite

On an aviation forum that I visit there's a guy that's working maintenance on those BA birds. From what he said, a couple of mechanics were checking the engines, found that they needed some oil change. So they went for the tools leaving the cowlings down but unlatched, instead of open supported...

I don't know if this MIT course about the Space Shuttle was posted before, but definitely not in this thread and I think it should be here. It's a lot, 22 lectures almost 2 hours each, but worth it. I'd say it's for those of us that want to know something more about this amazing vehicle but feel...

Makes sense, thanks.

Can someone explain, why the reflection in the mirror in the second picture is not inverted?Perspective looks correct though. First guess would be its geometry, but the first image was taken from a similar angle and yet that one look normal. Seems a bit weird, doesn't it?