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IIRC, I flew BA 747s out of Denver once, Phoenix once...then the other three trips across the pond in the 00s were on BA 777s out of Phoenix... if I were to do it now (I really want to get back to Blighty, go out to Cornwall and Devon, up to Northumberland), I'll probably have to drive to Pittsburgh or Detroit to fly direct (I don't like connecting flights).

Following on from @oldshurst442, more beautiful E-body Mopies...'71 Challengers this time..love the styling of these cars. More Mopies...my favorite B-body muscle cars--the '71 Plymouth Road Runner and GTX...love the fuselage styling. Something about the early 70s muscle car aesthetic has captivated me since I was a kid...love the wings and scoops, and stripes..

Toyoter lost their reliability advantage a decade ago.

If the argument will delve into: "But I NEED to drive those miles..." Then if THAT is the case, EVs are NOT the type of vehicle that addresses that persons needs. So moot point about cold battery life loss... However, the technology is advancing by leaps and bounds. The more expensive EVs are already in the 400 mile range and the Lucid Air is said (not proven yet)to have a 500 mile range. And the newer battery tech such as Ultium, is said to reduce battery loss due to cold. By the time ICE becomes really dead, these cold issues will have been eliminated..

? Maybe like BMW M and Mercedes AMG it was awaiting hand made parts so it could fly again.

Mexican is awesome.

One of those big Russki jets sat for years at DIA, used to see when landing in the 00s...never knew why it was there.

The next big thing in commercial airplanes will be electric engines. But I doubt a specific airliner will have the impact the 747 had. In the military, the next big thing would be pilotless fighters and bombers. When that tech filters down to commercial airliners, I doubt that a specific airplane will have the same impact the 747 had. The only airplane that rivals the 747 in being a game changer on the same level was an airplane that was launched at about the same time as the 747. And that would be the Concorde. Sadly today, flying simply does not have the same aura it had like in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, especially in North America, flying is reduced to riding the city bus. Its too common, its too cheap and its available to far too many people. People that dont have any self respect, let alone asking for these people to respect their flying environment and others around them. And that is one reason why there wont be another airliner like a 747.

IIRC, I've flown on 747s to the UK a couple of times on British Airways, and a couple times to Hawaii on United or American. It's been a while, but I remember I felt they were more spacious than other trans-ocean planes I've been on. I do miss travel, don't miss airports and crowds, though. I just don't feel comfortable spending hours in a tin can w/ plague-infested masses. But I really need to get back out West sometime in the next year...

Idiotic - why anyone would want that is beyond me.

Got my 3rd Pfizer shot the week before Thanksgiving and my flu shot in October, no ill effects of either. I've had a cold/mild sinus infection for the last couple of weeks...always seems to happen when the weather turns cold. Just rolling into the end of the year exhausted. Looking forward to some time off between Xmas and New Years.

Wife & I’s 3rd stab is in about 10 days.

Hope everyone is doing well, and everyone is vaccinated. Just got my booster shot and flu shot so feeling awesome about skiing this winter. No effects on me, but the wife did come home very tired yesterday, so we went to bed early. Other than the shot point in the arm, no problems. Found this research very interesting SARS-CoV-2 infects human adipose tissue and elicits an inflammatory response consistent with severe COVID-19 | bioRxiv

It’s not in the article, but since I monitor Covid stuff for work I can tell you about Pennsylvania. Here it’s the deepest red of counties where the surge is happening. My blue bastion of Allegheny county where Pittsburgh is just over 65% and climbing with vaccine rates (highest in the state outside of Philly). The states where vaccination rates are under 50% are where the surges are happening.