WW1 aero engine connecting rod, you know that's surprisingly clever. They look like solid bars from the outside, not so ! This is a German 1917 230hp Benz, taken from a captured Aviatik G.40 Biplane on 20th May 1917. If you can believe it, this WW1 technical report was only

And you all know who is to blame for THAT readers !

Take that, Concorde !

Its a mix, the book is basically designed so anyone can read it and absorb 95% of it. You wont fully appreciate perhaps 5% unless you are a pretty serious engineer, but the idea is that 5% isnt "unintelligible" its just material you wont absorb the full depth of. This would be

Consider signing this petition to oppose the closure of the Renault F1 engine plant at Viry in Paris. They do a lot with far less people and money than Mercedes. I`ve been there and met a lot of their designers (below), it would be a huge shame for French industry if this were

As you can see, WW1 aero engine quality control in the Royal Flying Corps was on an entirely different level of horror to that in WW2 Britain. I`m not sure this engine would even have made it as far as the "20 Minuite`ers" of Blackadder fame.

Hard to even know where to start with that one, but just to pick something the BRM-V16 supercharger IS a scaled down Merlin-61 two stage unit. RR were contacted to design the SC by BRM, but there was very little money, so instead of designing a new one, they scaled one they had

Definitely a film which in 200 years will still be in the top 20 ever made. Watch it tonight if you have never seen it. "12 Angry Men"

"Understand commander that torpedo did NOT self destruct. you heard it hit the hull....and I... was never here..."

If you want to know what's wrong with events near to you, go to a local council meeting or your community council meeting. I did for the first time and was almost at a loss for words to describe the events, conduct and attitude of many of our local councillors. True to form my

One man presided over a period when the RAF went from 30,000 staff to 118,000. This was no coincidence as he himself remarked: “If we ourselves possessed an overwhelming Air Force then presumably the air menace would be less serious…it was the right policy that our capacity

Amazing what you find...