history columnFrances Righter Tucker was just 3 or 4 years old, barely able to sit on a stool, when she began helping her father, Walter Righter, work on miniature airplane engines in his backyard ...

1,000 horsepower is reasonably common now, but it would have been absolutely mind-blowing in the 1920s — and this British creation came very close.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Mankind first took flight in 1903 when the Wright brothers took off over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Since then, all manner of aircraft have ...

Some cars were made with airplane engines; others seem to be made for them. Jay Leno proves that with his EcoJet, which runs on a Honeywell LTS101 helicopter engine. Jay Leno’s stash of 199 cars and ...