By William Pearce Since 1933, the Lycoming Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation had worked to create a high-power engine for the United…
By William Pearce Safely clearing land mines has been a challenge vexing militaries since shortly after the devices’ first widespread use in World…
By William Pearce Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) was involved with diesel engines since their inception. From 1893 to 1897, MAN* worked with Rudolf Diesel…
By William Pearce D. Napier & Son (Napier) was a British engineering firm that designed and manufactured aircraft engines since World War I.…
By William Pearce This image shows an Electro-Motive-built 16-184A engine (since the triangular access ports have flanges around them). The top of the…
By William Pearce In the early 1930s, Alfa Romeo began to build aircraft engines based on foreign designs that it licensed for production.…
The Tesla Coil and its quirky creator The term ‘mad scientist’ could apply to Nikola Tesla. Perhaps he is the very source of…
A similar fate awaited many outmoded fighter planes. P-39 Airacobras, P-40 Warhawks, and F4F and FM-2 Wildcats were nearly worthless as far as…
The Hiller Flying Platform, the closest design to mimic a magic carpet, still captures the public imagination. The Hiller Aviation Museum houses some…
Although marriages in ancient Egypt were arranged for communal stability and personal advancement, there is evidence that romantic love was as important to…
Big news and lots of happy pictures, as the Dutch and the Danes both confirmed they would be transferring their entire F-16 fleets…
With a long and illustrious military career, there is no doubt that field marshal Erwin Rommel, nicknamed ‘The Desert Fox,’ was a highly…