While it's fairly common knowledge to enthusiasts that the first jet fighter was the speedy Messerschmitt Me 262, introduced in 1944, the invention of the turbine jet itself may not be as widely known ...

AN AMISH BUGGY that would normally be drawn by horses has been fitted with a turbo jet engine. “It’s like oil and water, they ...

Looking at how commercial aircraft engines have evolved over time.

Perhaps not as visible as their counterparts doing business in the automotive industry, aviation startups are just as numerous. Some of them are proposing outlandish ideas that will probably never ...

Shortly after, the de Havilland Engine Company was formed in early 1944, and with access to the original jet engine development of Sir Frank Whittle, planning led by Frank Halford began for a series ...