An airgunner stands before his B-24 bomber wearing what it took to survive at 25,000ft altitude, 1944

An aircrewman with the 743rd Bomb Group standing in front of B-24H Liberator ‘TePee Time Gal’ wearing typical protective clothing, San Giovanni Airfield,…

B-24 Liberator in flames after being attacked over Austria, 1944

This aircraft is pictured just moments before it burst into flames and went out of control, all ten crew members were killed in…

Boeing B-17F bombing through clouds over Bremen

Boeing B-17F radar bombing through clouds: Bremen, Germany, November 13, 1943. The B-17s (Boeing Flying Fortress) are members of the 384th Bombardment Group…

The British Concorde fleet in one picture

The British Concorde fleet at London Heathrow Airport, January 21, 1986. The occasion was the 10-year anniversary of British Concorde flight service, which…

The Doolittle Raid: America’s First Strike Back on Japan

The Doolittle Raid: America’s First Strike Back on Japan A B-25 bomber takes off from the flight deck of the USS Hornet on…

Hispano-Suiza Type 86 Railcar Engine

In the mid-1930s, Hispano-Suiza developed the Type 86 engine specifically for use in railcars. A railcar is a self-propelled railroad coach meant to…

Bennie Railplane

George Bennie was born near Glasgow, Scotland in 1892 (some say 1891). From a young age, he became interested in rail travel. By…

Yakovlev M-501 and Zvezda M503 and M504 Diesel Engines

Just after World War II, OKB-500 (Opytno-Konstruktorskoye Byuro-500 or Experimental Design Bureau-500) in Tushino (now part of Moscow), Russia was tasked with building…

SGP Sla 16 (Porsche Type 203) X-16 Tank Engine

In 1943, Simmering-Graz-Pauker (SGP) in Vienna, Austria was tasked by the Heereswaffenamt (HWA, German Army Weapons Agency) to develop a new main tank engine for…

Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD) Dz 700, Dz 710, and Dz 720

Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD) Dz 700, Dz 710, and Dz 720 The German engine manufacturer Deutz AG can trace its roots back to the inventor of…