the result of careless driving during rush hour, 4 vehicles damaged, lots of people having their day ruined. Stop following so closely in freeway exit ramp merges

The F150 Lightning crashed into the green mini suv

the gray suv was hit from behind and lost it's rear fascia and the gold suv with the mashed rear bumper was hit by the silver one which now has a mashed hood

If you are following someone in slow rush hour traffic, stay at least far enough behind them to see the bottom of their rear tires

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Glacier Girl, a P-38 of the "Lost Squadron" found 200 plus feet below the ice in Greenland

the Lost Squadron - two World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and six Lockheed P-38 Lightnings.

The squadron was forced to land on the Greenland ice cap on July 15, 1942 after hours of flying in bad weather and running low on fuel. Epps' adventure began as a lark when he was admiring a customer's new Learjet and the customer responded, "What I really want is a P-38". Epps certainly knew where six P-38 Lightnings were located so he joined forces with a friend and two airline pilots who already had the search and salvage rights from the Danish government.

http://www.eppsaviation.com/about-us_the-lost-squadron.php

The following story, originally published in the January 1993 issue of Air & Space/ Smithsonian,recounts adventures during the second leg of the journey, a 22-year slog through recovery and restoration that couldn’t have been completed without the ingenuity, stamina, and fortune of a Roy Shoffner, a Kentucky businessman, named the P-38 “Glacier Girl” and began to plan the completion of its mission.
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/FEATURE-glaciergirl-backstory.html#

Fifty years later, in 1992, the plane was brought to the surface by members of the Greenland Expedition Society after years of searching and excavation. The aircraft was eventually transported to Middlesboro, Kentucky, where it was restored to flying condition. The excavation of Glacier Girl was documented in an episode of The History Channel's "Mega Movers" series, titled "Extreme Aircraft Recovery".

On 22 June 2007 Glacier Girl departed Teterboro Airport, New Jersey in an attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean to Duxford, England to complete the flight it had begun sixty-five years earlier. On 28 June, however, a coolant leak in the #2 (right) engine grounded the plane in Goose Bay, Labrador.

On July 22 2007 repairs were completed in Labrador, which included installation of two re-manufactured Allison engines. Glacier Girl returned to the U.S. on July 23, and can now be seen at air shows in the USA.

In 2007 Glacier Girl was sold to Lewis Energy's CEO, Rodney Lewis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Girl

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on the headstone of many an outlaw it is written "Died of lead poisoning". These wrecks died, and then were "shot the hell up"

found on Dynamite Dave's websites http://www.dynamitedave.com/index.html

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the most authentic appearing diorama I've seen in a long time

the plane is a Mitsubishi from WW2. The info card didn't mention where it was found (that I can remember) or how they brought it to the museum

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wrapped A ROUND a telephone pole

but below, the "Rocket Transport" Mack truck slammed the Chevy into the pole, and nearly broke the pole off it's foundation

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