Vought XF5U Flying Flapjack

Following the successful wind tunnel tests of the Vought V-173 low-aspect ratio, flying wing aircraft in late 1941, the US Navy asked Vought to…

WW2 USN Gunner Loyce Deen KIA • USS Essex CV-9 • Battle of Manila Bay 1944

Loyce Edward Deen Petty Officer Second Class, U.S. Navy On 5 November 1944, Petty Officer Second Class Loyce Edward Deen was serving as…

World’s largest working triple expansion steam engine

Kempton Steam Museum , Feltham The benches in the centre of the picture indicate the scale Kempton Steam Museum is located north of Kempton…

10 Things that made the P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft so outstanding

The Mustang is the Jimmy Stewart of airplanes. Both are solid performers with dashing good looks, and few have a negative comment for…

Dozens of ghost ships found off the coast of Japan

Ghost ships are vessels found adrift at sea with its crew either dead or missing under mysterious circumstances. They appear in folklore and…

Six Skeletons Discovered Inside Ancient Shipwreck Helmed By Legendary Pirate Samuel Bellamy

A model of the 17th century pirate ship, Whydah (Credit: Whydah Pirate Museum) The 1984 discovery of the Whydah Galley — the only…

Black Sam Bellamy & The Whydah Gally

Black Sam Bellamy & The Whydah Gally Black Sam Bellamy was the son of a poor tenant farmer in Devon, England. By the…

The History of the S.S. Central America “Ship of Gold”

The California Gold Rush -An Excerpt from A California Gold Rush History, reprinted with permission, by Q. David Bowers. A much more detailed…

M104 Wolverine: US Most Advanced $13 Million Bridge Modified Tank

The M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge is an armored military engineering vehicle created by General Dynamics Land Systems, designed to provide deployable bridge…

Winkelturm Bunker

The Germans had a knack for building bunkers, from tiny one-man-bunkers to the monstrous U-Boat bunkers in Bremen and Brest. Considering how many…