Battle of Palmdale: When a Runaway Unmanned Drone Wreaked Havoc In the Skies Over Southern California

There have been many embarrassing moments in the history of the US Air Force, but none more so than when two Northrop F-89D…

Why Are These Boys Laughing? – History Nebraska

NSHS RG716-31-1 (above) Frederick Blaine Humphrey, who photographed these laughing boys about 1915, was born in New York State in 1876, came to…

Yokosuka YE2H (W-18) and YE3B (X-24) Aircraft Engines

After World War I, the Japanese Navy established the Aircraft Department of the Hiro Branch Arsenal, which was part of the Kure Naval…

Tips Aero Motor Rotary Aircraft Engines

From a very early age, Maurice A. Tips and his younger brother Ernest Oscar were interested in aviation. By 1909, the Belgian siblings…

Thomas / Leyland X-8 Aircraft Engine

John Godfrey Parry Thomas was a British engineer and was widely known as Parry Thomas. During World War I, Thomas was a member…

Sunbeam Sikh I, II, and III Aircraft Engines

Toward the end of World War I, a number of companies were pursuing the concept of a very large engine powering a very…

Rolls-Royce Vulture X-24 Aircraft Engine

In the mid-1930s, the British Air Ministry predicted the need for 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) engines to power new aircraft expected to enter…

Legend Of The Motorcycle Show 2008

It's just been announced that world-famous bad boy builder Jesse James'latest creation, a shimmering aluminum-shod motorcycle and sidecar combo (made for client Airstream…

MACK-LANOVA ED & END DIESELS

Some companies often step ahead of their competition. At times, that’s a step too far and requires two steps back, but not this…

Middling Machine: Japan’s Type 97 Chi-Ha Medium Tank

The name reflects the 15-ton vehicle’s creation in imperial year 2597—or 1937. Its category, “Chi-sensha,” means “medium tank.” And “Ha,” or 3, indicates…

Rudolf Diesel and the Evolution of Diesel Engines

A Dive Into the History of Diesel  Here at Diesel World, we like to think we are quite familiar with the word diesel—we…

The History of the Bearing

Bearings are the most common machine component, found on almost every industrial application in the world. You'll also find bearings within many household…