We explore the bold idea of strapping jet engines to trains and turning rail travel into a ground-based alternative to flying ...

Throughout its brief but interesting life, the Progvev-T encountered numerous problems that ultimately doomed this gonzo idea to obscurity. The Cold War was a time of extreme experiments when it came ...

In more ways than one, being a fighter jet pilot for the U.S. Navy is a lot more demanding than being one for the U.S. Air Force. After all, while taking a plane to the sky and landing it is something ...

In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, ...

Bob Maddox’s stage name, Crazy Rocketman, is a misnomer. Maddox doesn’t build rockets. He builds pulse-jet engines. There’s a difference. As for the crazy part—that may be true. Maddox is the world’s ...