Early Beardmore engines were refined Austro-Dainiler designs, which at one time were thought the most efficient airplane engines in existence. Arrol ]ohnston and…
In 1889, Bruno V. Nordberg founded the Nordberg Manufacturing Company (Nordberg) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to build various industrial machines. In the 1910s, the…
In 1933, the British engineering firm D. Napier & Son (Napier) acquired licenses to produce the Junkers Jumo 204 and 205 aircraft engines.…
Hermann Michel* of Voorde, Germany was a foreman at the Krupp Germania shipyard in Kiel, Germany. Through his work, he experienced the common…
In 1823, Thaddeus Fairbanks and his brother Erastus founded the E & T Fairbanks Company, which operated an iron foundry. In June 1832,…
With the proliferation of steam power in the late 1800s, many inventors looked to create a simpler and more efficient engine. Rather than…
The final moments of a Japanese dive bomber, 1945 Gunners of the USS Hornet score a direct hit on a Japanese bomber, March…
Battle of Britain in Rare Pictures, 1940 The dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral (undamaged) stands out among the flames and smoke of surrounding…
MiG-21 crashed into an East German apartment block, 1975 MiG-21 crashed on “Plattenbau” building, Cottbus, East Germany, 1975. On January 14th, 1975, Major…
Attack on Pearl Harbor in rare pictures, 1941 The USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on…
The story in pictures of the massive Hughes H-4 Hercules, 1945-1947 Built from wood because of wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum…