Even the ABS is derived from a once-complex braking system of fighter jets.

From spinning rotary engines and their brutal side effects to the massive multi-row radials that powered bombers and fighters, this episode traces how engineers chased power through clever compromises ...

It is the most numerous military aircraft ever produced and the second largest number of all types, including civil, ...

World War II was such an all-encompassing conflict that nearly everyone was involved in one way or another. In the United States, civilians gathered scrap metal and other materials for the war effort, ...