Cobb Railton Land Speed Record Car

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…

Fred H. Stewart Enterprise (Smith-Harkness) LSR Car

In 1930, Australian driver Norman Leslie “Wizard” Smith attempted to set a Land Speed Record (LSR) on Ninety Mile Beach (which is actually…

Ansaldo MIAS / MORAS Tankette

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 German Paris Gun – Super Gun Of WWI

The Paris Gun was a type of German long-range siege gun, several of which were used to bombard Paris during World War I.…

Real life Robinson Crusoe turned down $50m for his tiny paradise island

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 and his 16,000 tree planting.

Brendon Grimshaw from Dewsbury, Yorkshire, born in 1925, had been the resident owner of Moyenne island a few degrees south of the equator…

Mary “Stagecoach Mary” Fields

Mary Fields, better known as “Stagecoach Mary,” is both a physical and symbolic pioneer. Not only did Mary Fields traverse the rigorous Montana…

The First World Series

As Major League Baseball is about to embark on their annual World Series, many sports fans may not realize that the first use…

Abraham Wald and the Missing Bullet Holes

History about the elementary mistake of the command, which threatened to waste resources and nearly cost the lives of many pilots. The story…

The Autographed Bomber: 5,000th B-17

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…

Creeping Baby Doll is back…FOR YOUR SOUL

Inspired by my recent foray into Swiss watchmaker automata, I decided to revisit one of my old favorites from the archives: the creepy…

The First World War German A7V Tank

The first action of the German A7V tank, on 21 March 1918, is not very well known from the British side. Probably because…