Ernest Archdeacon was an early proponent of the automobile and aviation. Before 1900, Archdeacon had participated in several automobile races, and he founded…

One of the oddest Grand Prix race cars ever built was the 1935 Monaco Trossi. Built by Augusto Camillo Pietro Monaco and funded…

As World War II started to gain momentum and become a global conflict, Australia realized that it was in a precarious position. In…

When the United States entered World War II, there was a desperate need for a medium tank engine. Chrysler responded with a very…

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…