Shortly after John Walter Christie wrecked his V-4-powered racer practicing for the 1906 running of the Vanderbilt Cup, he went to work on…
Norman Leslie Smith was an Australian professional racing driver. In the 1920s, he began to dominate hill climb, endurance, and point-to-point speed events.…
John Rhodes Cobb was a fur trader who turned to auto racing and setting endurance records in his Napier-Railton car. The Napier-Railton was designed by…
In 1930, Australian driver Norman Leslie “Wizard” Smith attempted to set a Land Speed Record (LSR) on Ninety Mile Beach (which is actually…
The Motomitragliatrice blindata d’assaulto (MIAS) was a prototype designed by the Italian firm Ansaldo in 1935. Optimistically described as a tankette by some,…
The Paris Gun was a type of German long-range siege gun, several of which were used to bombard Paris during World War I.…
Brendon Grimshaw bought a neglected tropical island and protected the paradisiacal eco-reserve for more than 40 years — Today, Moyenne Island stands as…
Brendon Grimshaw from Dewsbury, Yorkshire, born in 1925, had been the resident owner of Moyenne island a few degrees south of the equator…
Mary Fields, better known as “Stagecoach Mary,” is both a physical and symbolic pioneer. Not only did Mary Fields traverse the rigorous Montana…
As Major League Baseball is about to embark on their annual World Series, many sports fans may not realize that the first use…
History about the elementary mistake of the command, which threatened to waste resources and nearly cost the lives of many pilots. The story…
Feature Jeff Huston explains how the 5,000th Boeing B-17 to leave the firm’s Seattle factory was signed by the men and women who…