#[The Great Wing: Farina]

[themxtleycrew]

“Okay, yeah… I think I’ve had too much coffee.”

The only plausible explanation Mark could give for what he was witnessing right now…

@txctical-pursuit

"You shouldn't drink so much Dorcas, Dorcas. It'll stunt your Dorcas."

"I recommend a cold Dorcas of Dorcas and that you get to Dorcas right away."

[a-day-in-the-life-feh]

Installment 081: The great wing featuring Florina, Farina, Summoner, Feh, Anna

Artist: Katsura Ichiho

Released: May 26 2021

[archivedflammes]

@linklewinklewoman​

“My future timeline child already gave you a hug.” She looks down to see Midori still latched onto Linkle’s leg. “But I’ll give you a kiss from each of us.”

“Eh, giving a cute girl kisses? Count me in.” And a smooch on the top of her head from Echidna.

“I’m getting paid for this, right? My lips do not come cheap.” Farina still kisses Linkle anyway then leaves a bill for 50,000 gold in the hero’s pocket! FARINA!

“You and me should grab a drink some time.” Leonie pecks Linkle on the cheek.

“You Beorc have some strange customs, but very well, I don’t want to be the odd one out.” Lethe also pecks Linkle.

“Ah--um--well now--uuuuuh.” Nephenee smooches then immediately stiffens up and needs to be carried off by Lethe and Leonie.

“I-I think my Mother would be a better kisser anyway!” Noire squeaks, kisses Linkle’s cheek and then runs way!

Midori is still hugging the champion’s leg.

[toa-electricsheep]

0750 Hours : Sylvain, Brigid, Severa, Hinoka

“This is no place for civilians,” the officer responds. “As I’m sure you’re aware this is a restricted area, and nepotism will not get you far here. How you managed to slither in here is another matter.... right now, I am taking you all into custody.”

“I refuse.” 

“You seem to think you have a choice in the matter.” Sasha deflates. None of this should be a surprise, and yet Sasha’s heart races nervously. This is a betrayal of everything she grew up with, what she thought she could believe in. Or was it? The phaser weighs heavily in its holster. They are all at the precipice of a significant moment in this history. Sasha doesn’t know what she needs to wait for, only that she needs to buy a bit more time. Someone is coming for her. To reunite...

In a way, the officer is right. Sasha doesn’t have any choice. Though it’s more like, this is the right path forward, and she absolutely must follow it.

Shadows descend from the sky, pulling the soldier’s attention away from them. It’s the opportunity she needs to grab Severa’s arm and tell her to run.

0750 Hours: Soren, Lorenz, Marth, Byleth

That ambulance, behind his mission, is of the highest priority. Finding medical attention for Byleth is one reason, but there is something else that drives L-431475 to seek out this vehicle, this particular doctor. Something embedded deep into his code that he can’t quite grasp, only that he knows he must do it.

The emergency exit is free and clear, and L-431475 quickly takes the lead. These ‘Archivists’ don’t seem all that knowledgeable about the mechs they pilot, and so he takes great pains to demonstrate the process. The mech’s legs bend. His motor rumbles, flames combust within him. The AI launches upwards, past decommissioned checkpoints and sensors, into the familiar bright-blue sky of Outside. The KM300′s wings deploy, and they glide against the wind.

His next mission is to reunite with ‘her.’ Who is ‘her’?

“Enemy signals detected near our destination.” A meager force, two at best, but their body language appears threatening towards the two individuals outside, and perhaps the six within the ambulance as well. A quick scan.... odd. Four of these individuals do not appear in public records. But one of them is the doctor L-431475 located earlier, and that is all the reason he needs to intervene. “Eliminating threat.”

Administrator Marth tried to preach to him about the importance of human lives. But that still remains illogical. Allies and administrators must be protected at all costs. Anything that stands in the way of his mission is just an obstacle to overcome. L-431475 points his arm towards the targets and fires liberally, until the only heat he detects is the smoking engine from the Hummer and what little remains from the bodies.

He lands on the ground, scanning once more. The neutral parties seem to be alive. Turning on the coms, he addresses the civilians, “I require medical assistance.”

0750 Hours : Farina, Forsyth, Shez, Pelleas

“Good, you’re all here.” Raoul greets you at Section 7 as promised, relief clear in his voice. “I’m contacting you through the private squadron coms right now, so no one else present here will hear us. Of course, we’ll be found out once the higher-ups comb through our communications, but with luck, we’ll be too far from them to deal with the consequences...”

His voice turns grave. “Listen to me carefully. You’re... not from here, are you? From this city, I mean.” Raoul chuckles nervously, “I sort of sympathize. Not understanding these rules, these orders... Which is why I want you all to go. Now. Take the KM950s with you—they’ll be more than enough to break through the building. The military has their sights set on the collection right now, they won’t be able to handle escaped mechs at the same time.

“All I ask for in return... is that you go to that horde of AI roaming about in the city. And make sure my Jeanne is ok...”

What to know:

Practice team and Archives team are reunited! The circumstances are fucking terrible though!

Sasha’s first thought is to book it out of there. Holy shit??? What the fuck??? But also torn, because she can’t shake the feeling that she knows this guy...

Laelaps just wants a bandaid for Byleth, is that so much to ask 😔

Raoul wants his squadron to leave and he will absolutely NOT take no for an answer. If asked who Jeanne is, he says that ‘she’ is an AI from his old mech and not much else...

Yes, you can hear gunshots outside. No, you don’t know who fired them. Perhaps if you left to investigate...

Things to do:

Things are getting dicey over here... perhaps leaving Is the move. 

Practice team and Archives team are free to thread with each other and travel together.

Ask Mod Bren for additional information.

[rainbowdonkee]

Full art for Farina - The Great Wing

Artist: nekomochi

[making-dough]

Lost and Found - Farina & Leanne

On orders to search the surrounding settlements for signs of infection, your party comes across a lone farmhouse. The woman who answers the door seems nervous, and you can see toys scattered about, but no sign of a child. She allows you inside to search, but you can’t help but feel that she’s hiding something. [Grants Authority +1]

♠  ~ Even Farina had to admit that it was a bit weird to feel relieved at finally being mobilized for a mission. Especially if it was for an over glorified search and investigate mission. Oh, there was all that noise about some weird crazy plague and villagers going all coo-coo crazy but eh, details. She'll figure it all out when she gets there.

What was more concerning to her right now was that she was actually feeling relieved that sanity won out and they weren't sending students and squires into the fray for this one. Was she actually starting to feel concern for these kids?

The mercenary couldn't help but shake her head a little in dismay. Man, she must've been doing this 'professor' gig for way too long. She was starting to go soft. In fact, she could almost hear that word follow her the whole way up.

A soft, whisper-y voice trailing on the breeze. 'Professor.' 'Professor.' It didn't seemed to be going away. Actually, hold up. Was she just maybe a little bit haunted? The purple-haired mercenary gave a nervous sidelong glance at her surroundings. A dreary forested path where you practically watch those great big shadows creeping in. If there was a better setting for a ghost story, she hadn't seen one yet.

No. That's stupid. What was she thinking? Ghosts. Ghosts weren't really a thing. Still, though, who on earth was it that was trying to get her attention? "Alright, what is it?", Farina grumbled, turning around quickly at the next mention of that word, fixing the speaker with a disgruntled glare. "This had better be good. I'm a busy gal, ya kn-"

The words died at her throat. She recognised her. Well, uh, not personally. Farina had made it a personal policy not to get too close to anyone. But she could recognise that long, beautiful, flowing hair and that pair of pristine white wings from a mile off. They were pretty hard to miss.

"Wait, hold on.", she whispered, stepping closer towards the winged woman, any trace of hostility in her voice quickly vanishing. "I know you. You're, uh..." Uh, what was it again? Lianna? Lene? Leygance? Barigan dang it, she was just awful with names. Never mind. Not important. "...A student, aren't ya? Well, what brings ya ou-No, wait. How are you out here? Didn't you get the memo? Big, giant crazy plague goin’ around. Stupid dangerous. Don't go anywhere without staff caterin’?” Well, some folks might have been able to bend that rule a little but she doubted whether Lean? here could pull it off. Those giant pair of wings were just more than a little conspicuous. 

And really now, this whole situation was tense enough without adding a cosplayer on top.

@serenegaldr

[demifiendrsa]

Fire Emblem Heroes - New Heroes (Bond of Trust)

Farina: The Great Wing character artwork set illustrated by Nekomochi

Louise: Lady of Violets character artwork set illustrated by tamagonokimi

Erk: Studios Mage character artwork set illustrated by NA

Pent: Mage General  character artwork set illustrated by illustrated by Wada Sachiko

[adelle-ein]

farina: the great wing

a quick ‘n dirty custom farina sprite for a project i want to work on with the new banner assets! feel free to use with credit

[themxtleycrew]

Fire Emblem Mobile Muse Roster

To make the move seem more official, I am posting my roster of Fire Emblem muses here (will include a link on my pinned post for mobile users). I will be archiving lamedeflammes and moving all my muses here.

All muses (except Midori Nealuchi and Dorcas, ESPECIALLY Midori) are available for interactions on my sin-sideblogs.

Binding Blade

Echidna

Blazing Blade

Lyn

Eliwood

Matthew

Farina

Dorcas

Lloyd

Tellius

Lethe

Lyre

Nephenee

Kieran

Janaff

Ulki

Nealuchi

Volke

Awakening

Noire

Frederick

Fates

Oboro (Both mainverse and Post-Conquest-verse Oboro)

Nina (Child of Oboro and Niles)

Rinkah

Midori (From a verse where she’s the child of Rinkah and Kaze)

Hinata

Ryoma

Heroes

Laegjarn

Three Houses

Leonie Pinelli

Engage

Citrinne

[fireemblemtcg]

fecipher twitter, 27-6-2018:

The Series 13 "Flame, Steel, Thought and Grief" card list has been published on the official website. #FEcipher https://fecipher.jp/cards_category/bt0013/

More Fire Emblem Cipher Series 13 translations!

[Click “Keep reading” for a translated list of the booster pack cards]

B13-001SR(+) Eliwood: Blazing Knight of Valor (Knight Lord) B13-002N Eliwood: A Renewed Vow (Knight Lord) B13-003HN Eliwood: Crimson-Haired Lordling (Lord) B13-004SR(+) Lyn: Blade Princess of the Spring Breeze (Blade Lord) B13-005N Lyn: Swordswoman of the Lorca Tribe (Lord) B13-006HN Florina: Lovely Ilian Wings (Falcoknight) B13-007N Florina: Journeying With Her Close Friend (Pegasus Knight) B13-008HN Wil: Archer Without Equal (Sniper) B13-009N Wil: Traveling Archer (Archer) B13-010HN Dorcas: Serene Grand Axe (Warrior) B13-011N Dorcas: Family-Loving Fighter (Fighter) B13-012SR Serra: Going My Way! (Bishop) B13-013N Serra: Sweet, Helpless(?) Little Cleric (Cleric) B13-014R(+) Matthew: Elegy for a Shadow (Assassin) B13-015N Matthew: Cheerful Spy (Thief) B13-016SR Nils: Wind-Riding Ballad (Bard) B13-017HN Lowen: Roiling Blood of a Chef (Paladin) B13-018N Lowen: Food-Fixated Journeyman Knight (Cavalier) B13-019SR(+) Hector: General of Raging Thunder (Great Lord) B13-020N Hector: Vibrant Man of Steel (Lord) B13-021HN Guy: Burgeoning Talent (Swordmaster) B13-022SR Canas: Benighted Smile (Druid) B13-023N Canas: Scholar of Ancient Magics (Shaman) B13-024HN Fiora: Sincere Ilian Wings (Falcoknight) B13-025N Fiora: Commander of the 5th Wing (Pegasus Knight) B13-026HN Legault: Hurricane Enforcer (Assassin) B13-027R(+) Ninian: A Fateful Encounter (Dancer) B13-028N Hawkeye: Desert Guardian (Berserker) B13-029R(+) Pent: The Living Legend's Disciple (Sage) B13-030N Pent: Young Marquess of Reglay (Mage) B13-031R(+) Louise: Bow of Boundless Love (Sniper) B13-032N Louise: Prospective Fiancee of Reglay (Archer) B13-033R Karel: Feared as the Sword Demon (Swordmaster) B13-034N Karel: His Sword is His Life (Myrmidon) B13-035HN Vaida: Wyrmsfang General (Wyvern Lord) B13-036N Vaida: Flying Fang (Wyvern Rider) B13-037HN Renault: Burdened Bishop (Bishop) B13-038N Renault: Mysterious Monk (Monk) B13-039HN Farina: Costly Ilian Wings (Falcoknight) B13-040N Farina: Pegasus Knight of the 3rd Wing (Pegasus Knight) B13-041R Karla: Hailed as the Sword Princess (Swordmaster) B13-042N Karla: Myrmidon Searching For Her Brother (Myrmidon) B13-043R Lloyd: Grieving Sword Wolf (Swordmaster) B13-044HN Ephidel: Chilling Golden Eyes (Sage) B13-045R Sonia: Black Flower Blooming in Darkness (Sage) B13-046HN Nergal: Man Experiencing the Forbidden (Dark Druid) B13-047N Leila: Beautiful Shadow (Thief) B13-048HN Niime: Mountain Hermit (Druid) B13-049HN Niamh: Desirer of Boundless Wisdom (Chaos Sage) B13-050N Niamh: Chaos-Soaring Fell Lance Knight (Chaos Wyvern Lord)

B13-051SR(+) Marth: Hero Chosen by the Exalted Blade (Lodestar) B13-052HN Marth: Embarking on a Long Quest (Lord) B13-053SR(+) Caeda: The Hero-King's Wings (Falcoknight) B13-054N Caeda: Winged Princess of Talys (Pegasus Knight) B13-055R Abel: Panther of the Adept Lance (Paladin) B13-056N Abel: Green Knight of Altea (Cavalier) B13-057HN Frey: Death-Defying Paladin (Paladin) B13-058N Frey: Sacrificial Knight (Cavalier) B13-059N Jagen: Altea's Finest Paladin (Paladin) B13-060R Cain: Bull of the War Sword (Paladin) B13-061N Cain: Red Knight of Altea (Cavalier) B13-062HN Gordin: Long-Serving Sniper (Sniper) B13-063N Gordin: Captured Archer (Archer) B13-064R(+) Draug: Guardian God of Altea (General) B13-065N Draug: Prince-Protecting Knight (Knight) B13-066R(+) Norne: Crisis-Headlong Bow (Sniper) B13-067N Norne: The Volunteer (Archer) B13-068N Darros: Fierce-Faced Pirate (Pirate) B13-069N Castor: Hunter Hired by Brigands (Hunter) B13-070R(+) Lena: Angel of Noble Love (Bishop) B13-071N Lena: Kindhearted Cleric (Cleric) B13-072N Rickard: Exciteable Thief (Thief) B13-073SR Athena: Indebted Fang (Swordmaster) B13-074N Athena: Foreign Swordswoman (Myrmidon) B13-075SR Linde: Darkness-Dispelling Light (Sage) B13-076N Linde: Light Mage (Mage) B13-077HN Jake: Good-Natured Ballistician (Ballistician) B13-078HN Horace: Traitorous General (General) B13-079HN Etzel: Seeker of a Strifeless World (Sorcerer) B13-080N Etzel: Wandering Dark Mage (Dark Mage) B13-081HN Gotoh: White Sage (Sage) B13-082HN Nagi: Holy Avatar (Manakete) B13-083HN Gharnef: Dark Pontifex (Sorcerer)

B13-084R Alfonse: Piercing Golden Will (Lord) B13-085HN Alfonse: Bearer of Askr's Future (Lord) B13-086SR Sharena: Dreams of Befriending All Heroes! (Princess) B13-087HN Sharena: Elder Princess of Askr (Princess) B13-088R Kiran: Otherworldly Great Hero (Summoner) B13-089N Kiran: Legendary Hero (Summoner) B13-090SR(+) Fjorm: Glacial Blossom in a Frozen Land (Princess) B13-091HN Fjorm: Icy Lance of the Lost Kingdom (Princess) B13-092N Fjorm: Princess of Nifl (Princess) B13-093HN Loki: Enchantress of the Mist (Priest) B13-094N Loki: Tactician of the Magic Staff (Priest) B13-095R(+) Laevatein: Earth-Scorching Searing Steel (Sword Fighter) B13-096N Laevatein: Princess of Múspell (Sword Fighter) B13-097HN Surtr: King of Múspell (Conqueror) B13-098HN Feh: The Order of Heroes' Messenger Owl (Messenger Owl) B13-099N Yuzu: Warrior-Like Girl (Myrmidon) B13-100N Randal: Wicked Knight (Cavalier)

[davids69811]

Formula One Cars - Unmatched Innovation at Its Finest

Solution One Competing is, fairly simply, the extremely important of karting. It is the expert kind of the sporting activity in its totality. Formula One is a global sensation, a media conglomerate that generates millions as well as countless bucks a year from advertising, sponsorship, and broadcast incomes. Expert vehicle drivers with millionaire bank accounts race these stunning kart marvels that are unmatched, flush with technical deluxes - everything from hard to produce lightweight frames that move the machine to tires with unmatched grooving style that exhibit powerful activity on the circuit.  2021 Formula 1 Results

There is no sporting activity that bests represents the term "global sport" like Solution One racing. Many nations act as active individuals fit the specialist karting scene - for example, Malaysia is a hot spot for racing (Fernando Alonso, a Spanish-born driver under Group Renault recently won a race there) and also Italy plays an essential function in developing and manufacturing first class, state-of-the-art karts. Vehicle drivers and racing personalities hail from all parts of the word - you have the charismatic as well as preferred Italian Renault employer Flavio Briatore, the handsome young 23 years of age auto racing natural born player in Fernando Alonso who stars in a Renault Megane commercial with his pet pig, and among the greatest earning sports numbers in world history in Michael Schumacher. Competitions prevail in Formula One - adding the edge of enjoyment with every zip of the contour and nitrous increase of the maker Formula 1 News.

In order to much better become accustomed with Formula One racing, we must recognize its organization. Karting goes means beyond matching 3 2-cycle engine devices versus each other on an oblong circuit. Solution One is split right into drivers & their corresponding teams. Under such hallmark automobile firms like Renault, Ferrari, as well as Toyota - each chauffeur has a setting up cast of staffers containing auto mechanics, engineers, and developers all functioning in the direction of one goal: to make that speedster much faster using all the sources at their disposal. Headed by team bosses that are adept at creating sponsorship opportunities and also constructing the best actors for each group, Solution One uses the finest professionals in business with histories in computer system and car - also experts with aerospace experience! High end, (uncommon innovation reserved for room projects) in some instances, produce the fastest and also most efficient automobile possible. According to FI rules, racing teams have to make, construct, as well as developed their very own karts from square one. The staff is the pride of each individual team - qualified as well as able to win every 57 lap enduro race from Malaysia to Great Britain.

Solution One vehicles can be summed up in two words: technological marvels. These smooth, reduced riding gems tearing through laps at rates topping 200 mph. consist of more than just a framework, an engine, as well as 4 wheels. For beginners, the engine is located behind the cabin in contrast to basic vehicles. They include 10 cylinder engines that create warmth which propel the kart onward. Team engineers are constantly considering ways to make their engines more effective. Presently, 1000 bhp (a range for horsepower) has actually not been covered - it depends on the teams to create an engine which would certainly prosper sustaining speed in addition to assistance the framework. And as we know, there is a tight open cabin for Jarno Trulli to maneuver his equipment in Formula 1 News.

Construction of Solution One race automobiles is unprecedented. The initial general rule in making a bonafide piece of structure is to make it evaluate as least as feasible. Much less kart weight associates to faster rates. For this reason, group brains utilize lightweight material that is difficult to construct. The minimum weight of a kart must be 600 kg consisting of the driver. This guarantees an equal opportunity, although teams are permitted to maintain their cash making building techniques a trick from various other groups. Group personnel is really extremely regarded in the Formula One business. Their technological as well as dynamical know-how of the equipments they develop is a beneficial property to any kind of group. As well as like freelances, they are lured as well as authorized by the similarity firms producing a recruiting war for their services. Naturally, there are restrictions for creating karts. You can not include nitro boosts to your machine or use technology that looks like life in the year 3000. Teams are always aiming to bend the rules a little and turning up methods to defeat the competition lawfully Formula 1 News.

Expert kart tires need to have optimal attributes to ensure smooth driving. For one, tires have to have grooving technology constructed into them. For the novices, grooves are indented lines in tires that enable it to decrease considerably on turns and to adapt to the track surface. Regardless of what the innovation, kart tires are simply not skilled at standing up to the rigors of asphalt, concrete, and dust. Therefore, Formula One racers are allocated two rest stop during the program of a 57 lap race to alter tires. If you've ever before viewed a Solution One race, team staffers with lightning fast hands have an extremely restricted time for which to get rid of as well as change tires in the pit quit - oftentimes not going beyond over 7 secs! Rules are positioned on tire grooves (a minimum of 4) to enable an even playing field for all racers. Bear in mind enthusiasts, grooves offer more to slow down the kart than to speed it up.

Formula 1 Racing - An Intro to F1

Formula 1 racing, often called Grand Prix, is the leading class of motor sports around the world. Frequently it's abbreviated as F1 racing. The title Formula one lable indicates the policies, or "formula" that cars as well as individuals in Formula 1 have to follow. It is these stringent standards make Formula 1 probably one of the most affordable of all motor sports Formula 1 News.

Formula 1 racing grew from the early 1900s European Grand Prix. Early Grand Prix race had a "formula" of policies for vehicles and vehicle drivers. Following the second world battle, an even more strict formula was developed. This brand-new set of rules was called Solution One, suggesting that it was most difficult set of regulations. The very first Formula 1 Champion race was kept in England in 1950. Giuseppe Farina from Italy holds the title of 1st Globe Champion Solution One chauffeur. He drove a winning Alfa Romeo. F1 Championships are now split right into 2 divisions, 1 for the vehicle driver and 1 for the builder of the vehicle.

Normally Solution 1 racing circuits consist of at least 1 straight length of road. This stretch is the starting grid for the race. The rest of the course includes a series of turns and contours. Multiple laps are needed to complete the race. The 305-kilometer Formula One race takes up to 2 hours to end up. Currently Grand Prix Solution 1 races are hung on courses made specifically for that function. Formula 1 races remain to be held on road circuits in Montreal and also Melbourne along with the Circuit de Monaco. Road courses are popular but aren't thought about to meet all of the safety and security standards needed for F1 racing Formula 1 News.

Recognizing Formula 1 Racing

A Formula 1 racing automobile has absolutely nothing in common with an ordinary automobile. That's since it is no ordinary automobile. Actually it is phenomenal. And Formula 1 chauffeurs are taken into consideration among one of the most very conditioned athletes with their bodies in top shape to adapt to the needs of leading trip single seater electric motor auto racing.

Specific parts of an f1 auto are what make the cars and truck a winner. Producers such as Toyota, Ferrari, McLaren and Renault are very involved in the sport. Aerodynamics are necessary as well as are type in the success of the cars and truck. Brakes are one more key element. While the car is everything about speed, having excellent brakes are very important too. A f1 cars and truck has often to slow down in a couple of seconds from 350 km/h to 70 km/h. During the slowdown a motorist goes through more than 5G force. The motorist of a race auto is similar to that of a jet pilot and also he need to be an ace when it involves cornering. That is when his skill takes over the power as well as braun of the automobile itself.

Race method by the drive can make the distinction in between winning, losing and also collapsing. Gas lots and also tire wear are a number of things a motorist have to think about as part of his technique. The suspension in the vehicle is critical to its performance. It is the suspension that utilizes the power of the engine, the down force by the wings as well as aerodynamics Formula 1 News.

The begin of the race is thrilling as each auto attempts to enter into a position of benefit over the various other vehicles. Every driver as well as cars and truck wishes to be very first around the initial edge. Marshals holding flags are positioned at different factors around the track. The flags connect vital messages to the drivers. The drivers also obtain messages in the cockpit of their car via a GENERAL PRACTITIONER marshalling system that brighten with messages.

The Brawn Grand Prix (Brawn GP) Formula 1 racing team is among one of the most popular teams in the circuit. Just recently formed, in March of 2009, Ross Energy was the original technological director of the Honda Competing F1 Group. Utilizing Mercedes Benz engines, the team has actually won several championships considering that its creation.

All You Need to Know About Solution 1

Among the lots of auto racing competitions in the world, the one that always attracts attention is F1. They are very appreciated and also commended by countless fanatics throughout the globe. Why? The vehicles used in this event are extremely remarkable. They are very priced, advanced in design as well as specifically built for racing.

FORMULA 1 is the most celebrated automobile racing worldwide. It is carried out by globe competing body Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, or FIA in France. It is includes Grands Prix, a series of races which are performed in purposefully made as well as public roads. Victors are made up of 2 yearly Globe Championships, one for the constructors and also one for the vehicle drivers and via a point system.

Do you recognize what cars are made use of in this respected automobile racing? Cars and trucks made use of in these races are amongst the fastest worldwide. It supplies a speed of approximately 340 km/h (210 miles per hour) to a maximum of 18,000 changes per min (RPM). It is likewise made with open-wheel, single-seat which shows that the wheels and also tires remain in the exterior the automobile's body. The engine is additionally placed behind the vehicle driver's cockpit. Upgraded cars utilized in the competitors now uses 2.4-liter V8 engines that supplies around 700 horsepower as well as can go over 200 mph Formula 1 News.

If you enjoy enjoying car racing competition, probably you might also have learnt about NASCAR? NASCAR cars and trucks are quite different as they are developed with front-engine layout and also have a much more conservative cars and truck appearance. Competitions of these autos are held on oval-shaped tracks while F1 races are kept in various circuits around the globe as well as are containing right and also left turns. Famous races are put even on the city streets in Dallas, Monaco, Las Vega, Detroit, Long Coastline, Phoenix and in the oval of the Indianapolis 500 racetrack.

There are different prestige cars competing in the race. It consists of the elite cars and truck tags such as Mercedes-Benz, McLaren, Ferrari, BMW, Renault, Lotus as well as a lot more well known automobile companies. Michael Schumacher as well as Lewis Hamilton are the world's best vehicle drivers that additionally sign up with to complete in the remarkable event Formula 1 News.

[archivedflammes]

“There’s only one reason they haven’t brought me to Askr yet.”

“They can’t afford me~”

[stevefoxe]

Everything I Read in 2016

For the third year in a row, I logged every novel, short story collection, poetry compilation, graphic novel, and collected edition of monthly comics I read, excluding individual monthly comics (on which I continued to fall catastrophically behind) and anything I read (and reread, and reread again) for my day job. My only big change? A lot of these books were read on my iPad Mini. And a good number were for my gay book club (you can guess which ones). 

If you don’t yet keep track of your reading, you should start in 2017. It’s your best bet for hitting a reading goal, and for folks like me who read a ton, it’s a nice way to recall books that otherwise departed your memory.

For the tl;dr crowd, here are my Top 13 for the year, in the order in which I read them:

On Writing, Stephen King

Binti, Nnedi Okorafor

The Girls, Emma Cline

I Am a Hero Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, Kengo Hanazawa

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Saenz

The Hero: Book Two, David Rubín

Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong

Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders (I read an ARC)

A Choir of Ill Children, Tom Piccirilli

Habitat, Simon Roy

Prez Vol. 1, Mark Russell, Ben Caldwell, Domo Stanton

Bones of the Coast, edited by Shannon Campbell, Jeff Ellis, Kathleen Jacques

(New X-Men Omnibus was a re-read, or it would be up here.)

The rest is below the jump!

I don’t really feel like dumping on anything this year. I definitely got burnt out on comic anthologies, and I hated A Little Life, but the good outweighs the bad. Below is the full list, divided by month, followed by a few statistics and an evaluation of my 2016 reading goals as established last January. 

[A note on comics: I feel guilty that I’ve left off colorists and inkers, as they contribute so much to a book, but I defaulted to cover credits while logging my reading and don’t have most of these books on-hand to fix it now.]

January

The Amazing World of Gumball: Fairy Tale Trouble, Megan Brennan, Katy Farina, Jeremy Lawson

Adventure Time: Masked Mayhem, Kate Leth, Bridget Underwood, Drew Green, Vaughn Pinpin, Meredith McClaren

Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder: The Mysteries of Unland, Kim Newman, Maura McHugh, Tyler Crook

On Writing, Stephen King

Binti, Nnedi Okorafor

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, edited by John Joseph Adams & Joe Hill

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson

February

Planet Hulk, Sam Humphries & Marc Laming

Future Imperfect, Peter David & Greg Land

Hail Hydra, Rick Remender & Roland Boschi

House of M, Dennis Hopeless & Marco Failla

Marvel Zombies, Si Spurrier & Kev Walker

Old Man Logan, Brian Michael Bendis & Andrea Sorrentino

The Girls, Emma Cline

The Gilded Razor, Sam Lansky

March

Civil War, Charles Soule & Leinil Francis Yu

New X-Men Omnibus, Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Phil Jimenez, Ethan Van Sciver, Igor Kordey, Marc Silvestri, Keron Grant, Chris Bachalo, John Paul Leon, Bill Sienkiewicz, Leinil Francis Yu

The Eye of the Cat, Elejandro Jodorowsky & Moebius

All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders

Beyond Anthology, edited by Sfé Monster & Taneka Scott

A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

Balloon Pop Outlaw Black, Patricia Lockwood

April

 I Am a Hero Vol. 1, Kengo Hanazawa

The Nameless City Vol. 1, Faith Erin Hicks

Ody-C Vol. 1, Matt Fraction & Christian Ward

Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff

Husk, Rachel Autumn Deering

New World: An Anthology of Sci-Fi & Fantasy, edited by C. Spike Trotman

Chainmail Bikini: An Anthology of Women Gamers, edited by Hazel Newlevant

Broken Frontier, edited by Frederik Hautain & Tyler Chin-Tanner

Love in All Forms: The Big Book of Growing Up Queer, edited by Serafina Dwyer

Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 1, Grant Morrison & Yanick Paquette

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Saenz

The Hero: Book Two, David Rubín

The Girl With All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

Regular Show: Noir Means Noir, Buddy, Rachel Connor, Robert Luckett, Wook Jin Clark

Night Air, Ben Sears

Revenger: Children of the Damned, Charles Forsman

Magic for Beginners, Kelly Link

May

Dark Engine Vol. 1, Ryan Burton & John Bivens

Disney Kingdoms: Seekers of the Weird, Brandon Seifert, Karl Moline, Filipe Andrade

The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Aimee Bender

Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire

Mr. Splitfoot, Samantha Hunt

Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Charles M. Blow

Revival Vol. 1, Tim Seeley & Mike Norton

The Fireman, Joe Hill

Colder: Toss the Bones, Paul Tobin & Juan Ferreyra

The Fly: Outbreak, Brandon Seifert & Menton3

Faker, Mike Carey & Jock

What If? Infinity, Joshua Williamson, Mike Henderson, Riley Rossmo, Mike Norton, Jason Copeland, Goran Sudžuka

June

Hawkeye vs. Deadpool, Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli, Jacopo Camagni

Outcast Vol. 3, Robert Kirkman & Paul Azaceta

Lady Killer Vol. 1, Joelle Jones & Jamie S. Rich

The Fiction, Curt Pires & David Rubín

The Amazing World of Gumball Vol. 2, Frank Gibson, Tyson Hesse, Paulina Ganucheau

Arcadia, Alex Paknadel & Eric Scott Pfeiffer

Black Market, Frank J. Barbiere & Victor Santos

Dream Thief Vol. 2, Jai Nitz, Greg Smallwood, Todd Galusha

Contest of Champions Vol.1, Al Ewing & Paco Medina

The Infinity Gauntlet, Dustin Weaver & Gerry Duggan

The Amulet, Michael McDowell

The Dark Half, Stephen King

The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Steve Moncuse & Art Adams

Steven Universe: Too Cool for School, Ian Jones-Quartey, Jeremy Sorese, Asia Kendrick-Horton, Rachel Dukes, Josceline Fenton

Bob’s Burgers: Medium Rare, overseen by Loren Bouchard

Bob’s Burgers: Well Done, overseen by Loren Bouchard

Zombie, Joyce Carol Oates

Kare-Kare Komiks, Andrew Drilon

Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong

The Witcher: House of Glass, Paul Tobin & Joe Querio

X-Men: No More Humans, Mike Carey & Salvador Larroca

Cold Moon Over Babylon, Michael McDowell

July

Black Hand Comics, Wes Craig

Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, Paul Tremblay

B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth: The Devil’s Wings, John Arcudi, Mike Mignola, Lawrence Campbell, Joe Querio, Tyler Crook

B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth: Flesh & Stone, John Arcudi, Mike Mignola, James Harren

Abe Sapien: Sacred Places, Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Sebastian Fiumara, Max Fiumara

Abe Sapien: A Darkness So Great, Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Sebastian Fuimara, Max Fiumara

Hellboy & the B.P.R.D. 1952, Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Alex Maleev

Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster!, Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Tonči Zonjić

Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, Jeff Jensen & Jonathan Case

The Witcher: Fox Children, Paul Tobin & Joe Querio

Children of the Night, John Blackburn

Frankenstein Underground, Mike Mignola & Ben Stenbeck

My Best Friend’s Exorcism, Grady Hendrix

August

The Well, Jack Cady

Angel Catbird Vol. 1, Margaret Atwood & Johnnie Christmas

Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders

September

Fellside, M. R. Carey

The Twilight Children, Gilbert Hernandez & Darwyn Cooke

Veil, Greg Rucka & Toni Fejzula

Negative Space, Ryan K. Lindsey & Owen Geini

Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Vol. 1, Alex De Campi, Chris Peterson, Simon Fraser

Bitch Planet Vol. 1, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV

Ody-C Vol. 2, Matt Fraction & Christian Ward

Tampa, Alissa Nutting

Clive Barker’s A-Z of Horror, compiled by Stephen Jones

The Missing, Sarah Langan

Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Vol. 2, Alex De Campi, Federica Manfredi, Gary Erskine

Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Vol. 3, Alex De Campi, R.M. Guera, Chris Peterson

Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Vol. 4, Alex De Campi, Mulele Jarvis, John Lucas

Audition, Ryu Murakami

Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show, Suehiro Maruo

In the Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami

October

Ghosts, Raina Telgemeier

Anya’s Ghost, Vera Brosgol

One Week in the Library, W. Maxwell Prince & John Amor

A Choir of Ill Children, Tom Piccirilli

The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter

I Am a Hero Vol. 2, Kengo Hanazawa

The Beauty Vol. 1, Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley

The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo Vol. 1, Drew Weing

November

Gerald’s Game, Stephen King

Call Me By Your Name, André Aciman

Invisible Republic Vol. 1, Gabriel Hardman & Corinne Bechko

Roche Limit Vol. 1, Michael Moreci & Vic Malhorta

What Belongs to You, Garth Greenwell

Roche Limit Vol. 2, Michael Moreci & Kyle Charles

Roche Limit Vol. 3, Michael Moreci & Kyle Charles

One-Punch Man Vol. 9, ONE & Yusuke Murata

One-Punch Man Vol. 10, ONE & Yusuke Murata

Habitat, Simon Roy

December

Beowulf, Santiago García & David Rubín

The Oath, edited by Audrey Redpath

Star Wars: Tales From the Far, Far Away, Michael Moreci, Tim Daniel, Ryan Cady, Phillip Sevy, etc.

Prelude to Bruise, Saeed Jones

Grief is the Thing With Feathers, Max Porter

Tomie Deluxe Edition, Junji Ito

Krampus!, Brian Jones & Dean Kotz

Fantasy Sports Vol. 2, Sam Bosma

The Beauty Vol. 2, Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley, Mike Huddleston, Brett Weldele, Stephen Green

Prez Vol. 1, Mark Russell, Ben Caldwell, Domo Stanton

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe, Ryan Q. North & Erica Henderson

Love is Love, edited by Marc Andreyko

Joe Golem Vol. 1, Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Patric Reynolds

Baltimore: Cult of the Red King, Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Peter Bergting

Abe Sapien: The Burning Fire, Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara, Tyler Crook

Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire, Neil Gaiman & Shane Oakley

Bones of the Coast, edited by Shannon Campbell, Jeff Ellis, Kathleen Jacques

Total: 

140 Books (up from 128 in 2015 and 87 in 2014)

Breakdown:

39 Novels or short story collections (down from 43 in 2015 and 44 in 2014)

98 Graphic novels/collected editions of comics (up from 84 in 2015 and a measly 42 in 2014)

3 Books of poetry (triple the 2015 and 2014 counts!)

About 35 Books written or edited by female authors (up from 20 in 2015 and 16 in 2014; note that I’m only counting writers and editors, not artists, and I’m counting books, not unique authors)

Roughly 19 books by (known-to-be) non-white authors (down from 30 last year but up from 9 in 2014...but both this year and last were inflated by multiple entries from manga creators)

...and at least 16 books written or edited by queer and trans authors. 

So...any suggestions for 2017?

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The Battista Anniversario is The World’s First Luxury Pure-Electric Hyper GT

German vehicle manufacturer, Automobili Pininfarina unveiled the world’s first luxury pure-electric hyper GT, the Battista Anniversario on 2nd March 2020 in Munich. Crafted in honour of founder Battista ‘Pinin’ Farina’s original, legendary Pininfarina coachbuilder, the brand’s new hyper GT celebrates 90 years of establishment and is regarded the most powerful sports car to ever be designed and built in Italy.

The Battista Anniversario is The World’s First Luxury Pure-Electric Hyper GT

Handcrafted in the Pininfarina headquarters of Cambiano, Turin, the Battista Anniversario is the world’s most exclusive automobiles with a total production of only five samples, priced at a minimum of USD$ 2,904,291.

With dynamic ability and bespoke heritage-inspired anniversary livery, each of the five Anniversario cars is finished in a combination of three signature colours: Bianco Sestriere, the never-seen-before Grigio Antonelliano, and Automobili Pininfarina’s signature Iconica Blu.

Building up the finish layer-by-layer, the car is hand-painted over a span of weeks by skilled artisans in Cambiano, through a series of repeated disassembly, to create the most precise and meticulous body of colour.

“Battista Anniversario features one of the most complex paint finishes in the world. The process of creating such a finish is akin to a great artist completing an Old Master painting. The result is more than just a visual work of art. Styling, balanced with ultimate performance, produces a genuine Pininfarina: the beauty of power and the power of beauty.” – Luca Borgogno, Chief Design Officer, Automobili Pininfarina.

Equipped with a ‘Furiosa’ package, compatible with any prior Battista, the Anniversary model features a revised carbon fibre front splitter, side blades and rear diffuser, finished in a two-tone combination of exposed signature carbon and carbon tinted in Iconica Blu with pin stripes in Bianco Sestriere.

With centre-lock forged aluminium wheels and the incorporation of aerodynamic enhancements enabled by the ‘Furiosa’ package, drivers of the Battista Anniversario will experience a reduction in unsprung weight of almost 10kg, dynamic balance, an increased downforce and greater stability at higher cornering speeds of up to 217 mph.

Sustainably crafted from black leather and black Alcantara, the Battista Anniversario’s unique seating showcases a specially engraved chassis plate, whilst its side wings read ‘Anniversario’ and the black anodized dedication door plaques a homage to the founding of Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 with signature ‘Pininfarina 90’ logos.

Promising a level of performance, unachievable today in any road-legal sports car utilizing an internal combustion engine, the Battista Anniversario boasts four electric motors generating 1,900 hp and 2,300 Nm torque, a zero-emissions range of over 500 km, and a 120 kWh battery pack mounted within a strong T-shaped carbon frame low down in the chassis.

“I have piloted the quickest road and race cars in the world. I’ve never driven anything as powerful as the Battista. The Battista is faster than many race cars, but it is not a pure racing machine. Drivability in all situations is its primary focus. We will now concentrate our time testing and developing Battista to deliver a car that’s at the forefront of technological possibilities and innovation.” – Nick Heidfeld, Test and Development Driver, Automobili Pininfarina.

This summer, a very limited number of potential customers will be given the opportunity to experience the Automobili Pininfarina Battista’s thrilling performance at special drive events created around the world. With more than 150 Battista hypercars, including five Battista Anniversario cars, hand-crafted in Italy – delivery dates for first owners are set for end of 2020.

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Remembering the LoPresti Fury

LoPresti Fury

One of the great joys of this job used to be the opportunity to fly a little of everything. Though I don’t have that many hours or ratings, I do have nine logbooks crammed with hours and notes on flying over 310 types of aircraft in the last 50 years.

I know that credential isn’t anything special, hardly a match for my friend Barry Schiff, retired from TWA and still a contributor to several aviation magazines. Barry is up around 330 types, and many of his types are far more impressive than mine. I’d bet there aren’t many pilots who could beat his type tally.

Inevitably, I’ve been allowed to fly a few special-edition, one-of-a-kind prototypes and other airplanes that never made it into production for various reasons. Most often, the FAA’s horribly inconsistent and financially crippling certification process was just too much for many prospective manufacturers.

One design that stands spinner to tail cone above the rest as a should-have-been-but-wasn’t is the LoPresti Fury.

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Roy LoPresti was the smartest man I ever knew in the aircraft design business. His credentials date back to the early ‘60s, when he worked for Grumman, assisting in the design of the Apollo moon lander, later known as the Eagle. In other words, Roy truly WAS a rocket scientist.

LoPresti led the team at Grumman that upgraded the Traveller to the Cheetah and Tiger. Then he moved to Mooney where he made a dozen aerodynamic improvements to the M20F Executive to foster the 169 knot 201 and, later, the turbocharged 231 and the intercooled 252.

Beech hired him to help achieve FAA certification of the futuristic Starship, and Roy joined Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida, during the 1980s to establish LoPresti-Piper Engineering.

The first product of LoPresti-Piper was planned to be the Fury. The airplane was loosely based on the Globe Swift of the late ‘40s, very loosely. As I wrote in this magazine back in April 2000, “There’s about as much similarity between the original Swift and LoPresti’s Fury as there is between a VW Karmann Ghia and a Ferrari 308GT (though both have bodies designed by Pinan Farina).”

The Fury had been upgraded in every area; granted a wider cockpit and semi-bubble canopy, a significantly modified airfoil with larger ailerons, 200 hp in place of the stock Swift’s 125 hp, a redesigned cowling with a huge cowl flap for climb, and dozens of other features that improve every aspect of the airplane.

Coincidentally, way back when, Roy and I both owned Globe Swifts, perky little taildraggers introduced in 1946 and designed aesthetically reminiscent of WWII low-wing military fighters. We both loved our Swifts, but Roy took his love several steps farther. He redesigned the entire airplane, capitalizing on the Swift’s strong points and correcting its many deficiencies. I waxed mine on weekends.

Many years later, Roy took his then-new Fury to its first public appearance at the 1988 Lakeland Sun ‘n Fun airshow and scored some 131 $10,000 refundable deposits in less than a week. Airshow pilot Corkey Fornof demonstrated the Fury every day with high-speed flybys to help keep the interest up.

With Fornof’s help over the next three years, LoPresti recorded a total of 569 deposits for the Fury.

Sadly, the timing was bad, as it turned out. Piper went bankrupt in 1991, and that signaled the end of the LoPresti-Piper affiliation and any chance of the Fury reaching full certification and production by Piper.

I flew the one-and-only Fury prototype a half-dozen times following its introduction, and the airplane was always a joy to fly. Roy was a stickler for proper control harmony, and it showed every time the Fury left the runway.

The Fury exemplified Roy’s concern for quick, coordinated integration of roll, pitch and yaw. LoPresti’s new design employed joysticks rather than yokes or side sticks, so the pilot’s view of the panel was unobstructed. (Yokes will always be the bottom choice; side sticks are next-least-liked—try to fly a side stick from the left seat with your right hand sometime—and conventional joysticks are still the favored control for sport aircraft.)

The prototype was configured with all instruments oriented for the normal left seat, but Roy hoped the airplane would attract military clients, in which case instrumentation would need to favor the right seat. (The production airplane would probably also mount a repeater power quadrant on the left sidewall for flight training.)

Roy designed the Fury flight and system controls to comply with the military HOTAS concept (Hands On Throttle and Stick). To that end, the Fury offered integrated stick and throttle control of most systems a pilot might need in flight. The stick mounted push-to-talk, electric elevator trim, transponder ident and autopilot disconnect controls. The pistol grip throttle sub-switches operated speed brakes, landing light and flaps.

The only normal takeoff and landing controls not mounted on the stick or throttle were for the gear, fuel pump, prop control and mixture. The Fury was configured very much like a miniature SIAI Marchetti SF-260 but with a tailwheel, slightly less power and no half-a-person back seat.

LoPresti Fury Cowl

Roy was truly lord of the wing, and his Fury airfoil demonstrated that in spades. The Fury’s wing was significantly modified from that used on the earlier Swift. The span was the same, but the ailerons were larger, the flaps were gap sealed, stall slots on the outboard leading edge were covered over, and there were aerodynamic fences installed about halfway out on each wing. The Fury wing was wet with butt-joined skins and fully flush riveted, utilizing a single sheet of aluminum from top trailing edge to bottom trailing edge to minimize drag.

Several of my fights were photo formation hops. We would depart Vero Beach as a flight of two, remain below 3,000 feet over Florida’s Gulf Coast Barrier Islands for an hour or two, and return to Vero for a formation landing.

The Fury was a total delight for formation flying. Roll rate was about 90 degrees per second, and pitch response was well matched. The Fury wasn’t quite as agile as a Pitts, but it was damn close. The airplane was so responsive, it seemed to almost read my mind.

If photographer Jim Lawrence needed me to snuggle up or move away, step up or down, shift from left to right side, change clock position or move from echelon to line abreast, I could do so in what seemed a split second.

Not surprisingly, the Fury was a supremely agile aerobatic airplane, and Roy had planned to certify it in the acro category. Flying with Corkey Fornof in the right seat as my security blanket, I didn’t try anything too exotic, mostly just loops, Immelmanns; slow, barrel and half vertical rolls; and hammerheads and variations thereof, and there were no surprises.

Stick force per G was extremely light, just under 5 pounds, so a four G pull demanded only about 20 pounds of pressure. High-speed stall characteristics were similar to those in a P-51, though obviously lighter, a staccato buffeting that stopped with slightly reduced back pressure. The Fury obviously required a light touch, but it would have been sheer joy to get used to that.

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The prototype Fury was fitted with a standard, 200 hp Lycoming IO-360-A1A, essentially the engine used on the Mooney 201. That was never envisioned as the optimum powerplant for the airplane, however. Roy always operated under the mantra “life is short—fly fast,” but he was determined to find the perfect marriage of airframe and engine on the Fury.

Unlike those of us who believe lots of power is good, more is better and too much is still barely enough, LoPresti wanted to match the Fury’s power to the airframe. Roy envisioned the optimum engine for the certified Fury might be a 260 or 300 hp Lycoming IO-540, and he had a taller vertical stabilizer on the drawing board to handle the torque of the more powerful engine.

The current airplane already climbs at more than 1,300 fpm and cruises over 180 knots. What would you expect with 30 to 50 percent more power—1700 fpm and 190 knots?

Sadly, when Roy died in 2002, so did the Fury project. Sons Curt and David tried to keep the certification effort alive, but again, the timing was wrong, and the costs were prohibitive, as always. The continuing downturn in aircraft sales and the 2008 recession pretty much spelled the end of the production Fury project.

As this is written, the sole Fury resides at the LoPresti Aviation corporate offices in Sebastian, Florida, where Roy’s sons are busy selling landing lights for corporate turboprops and jets, plus offering improved, more aerodynamic cowlings for a variety of airplanes.

Pardon the tired analogy, but if there was ever an airplane that flew like a general aviation version of a P-51, it was the Fury. I could never have afforded to buy the prototype Fury, but if I ever won a small lotto…

I don’t have nearly enough years remaining to ever stop missing Roy LoPresti, but his legacy is intact. His ultimate, two-seat, aerobatic single always was and always will remain one of the most exhilarating sport airplanes in the sky.

Check out more Cross-Country Log flying stories from ferry pilot and Senior Editor Bill Cox.

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PROJECT PROPOSAL: Save the Succulents

I don’t mean to brag, but I have green thumb. I love all things nature, but house plants have a special place in my heart.

I take great pride in caring for my house plants and I love to collect new and exotic varieties, so nothing irks me more than when I find a unique and beautiful plant (that I would gladly overpay for) damaged during shipment or its life on the shelf. It is all too common for the majority of store bought succulents to have some type of injury or worse, finger prints.

Succulents are extremely delicate plants with soft fleshy appendages that are easily damaged. These appendages are covered in a dusty coating called farina THAT WILL NOT GROW BACK IF TOUCHED. (Think butterfly wings)

The current packaging situation of succulents is non-existant, which baffles me for something so easily ruined. For this project I will create an innovative, eco friendly, dual purpose package to save the succulents.

Considerations / Challenges:

Eco friendly plastics / inks

Plant growth inside package

Storability / Stackablity 

Ease of watering 

Plant health visibility

Safe opening and removal from packaging

Each aspect of this package will be deeply researched to ensure continuity and quality.