... but where the hell is the tail of this thing?

It looks like he's shifting CG with his body for some control. Aside from that, the only control surfaces I see are the ailerons.

 

In some views there seems to be something forward of the leading edge. Is it a rudimentary canard design?

 

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/V2P4TSicsOc

 

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/V2P4TSicsOc

 

I wonder what year it was when this picture was taken ...

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I wonder what year it was when this picture was taken ...

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This was 72.

 

https://www.ntsb.gov/Documents/Prelimiary Report DCA26MA024.pdf

 

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The physics of why the engine took the path it did after separation.

 

 

 

On May twenty fifth 2003 a Boeing 727 model 223 registered N844AA taxied away from its stand at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, departed with no radio contact and with its lights off, then headed southwest over the Atlantic and disappeared. The jet had been parked for about fourteen months, converted to haul fuel with its seats removed, and is believed to have been taken by flight engineer Ben Charles Padilla and mechanic John Mikel Mutantu, although only two unconfirmed occupants were ever reported. Despite investigations by United States agencies including the FBI and CIA, no confirmed trace of the aircraft or the men has ever been found, leaving one of aviation history's strangest unsolved mysteries

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Obvious satire, but yeah.

https://thatoregonlife.com/2025/11/...gon-thanksgiving-traffic-caused-toyota-prius/

State Officials Confirm Half of Oregon Thanksgiving Traffic Caused by One Toyota Prius Going 41 in a 55

“We’ve identified the driver as a 67-year-old Portland man who believes speed limits are merely ‘suggestions from Big Asphalt,’” said ODOT spokesperson Megan Foltz. “He appears to be on his way to Thanksgiving dinner in Eugene, and based on his current pace, we estimate he’ll arrive sometime mid-April.”

 

Obvious satire, but yeah.

https://thatoregonlife.com/2025/11/...gon-thanksgiving-traffic-caused-toyota-prius/

State Officials Confirm Half of Oregon Thanksgiving Traffic Caused by One Toyota Prius Going 41 in a 55

“We’ve identified the driver as a 67-year-old Portland man who believes speed limits are merely ‘suggestions from Big Asphalt,’” said ODOT spokesperson Megan Foltz. “He appears to be on his way to Thanksgiving dinner in Eugene, and based on his current pace, we estimate he’ll arrive sometime mid-April.”

 

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/28/nx-s1-5624379/airbus-software-upgrade-a320-aircraft

Airbus on Friday requested airlines take immediate action to upgrade software of its A320 aircraft, warning there could be an issue with flight controls.

The aircraft manufacturer said in a statement it found the issue after an analysis of an incident involving an A320 plane found that "intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-event_upset

https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/11/05/a320s-sudden-descent-linked-to-faulty-computer/
A320’s Sudden Descent Linked to Faulty Computer
New report cites uncommanded pitch-down event in cruise flight.

This is why life-safety certified controllers have ECC for everything and do background hardware CRC scan checks on memory locations that should never change.
https://www.microchip.com/en-us/pro.../8-bit-mcus/peripherals/safety-monitoring/crc

https://onlinedocs.microchip.com/ox...UID-984F0282-D1B5-432F-9DFE-826FBD84B296.html

 

Let there be no confusion:

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Bridge problem mason county
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/WLpx-XFSaUY

 

Bridge problem mason county
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/WLpx-XFSaUY

Forget changing his shorts. He's going to need a whole new wardrobe.