A powerless helicopter doesn’t drop—it autorotates, gliding like a maple seed. This breakdown explains how that works, why gyro boats and WWII U-boat rotor kites flew without engines, and how some ...

Today, Americans observe National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, a solemn occasion to honour and remember the lives lost in ...

P-51 Mustang units assigned to Iwo Jima in the Pacific during 1945. These courageous and brave pilots battled the odds to fly all the way to Tokyo to protect and escort the B-29 Superfortresses as ...

In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Navy rounded up and murdered German citizens working in New Guinea, nationals of a country[...

Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and ...

During the final years of World War II, Nazi Germany pursued dozens of radical aircraft projects in a desperate bid to regain ...

America faded away into the distance. Her last speck of land reached out until our new home gave way to the open sea. I turned around and got a glimpse of distant luxury: a transatlantic liner turned ...

A purported call involving Diddy and legal advisors has raised fresh questions as new media projects spotlight unresolved ...