A MiG-31 jet fighter aircraft performs at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon, in Zhukovskiy, outside of Moscow, Russia. Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images The MiG-31 is one of the oldest jets still in operation today. It was designed to be a more user-friendly vers...
The SSC Tuatara is an upcoming high-performance sports car to be manufactured by SSC North America. Influenced by fighter jet performance and aerodynamics, the presence of the Tuatara inspires a sense of both intensity and simplistic design. The car is named afterreptilesendemic to New Zealand, k...
Noble had been inspired as a kid reading about the life and death struggles of fellow Briton John Cobb—the first man to surpass 350 mph on land. Starting with a budget of £175, Noble built a team and the Thrust 2 car, which packed a Rolls-Royce fighter-jet engine capable of 35,...
” Collins says with a twinkle in his eye as we sip coffee poolside in his lush backyard. He lives today in the leafy Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills. “They didn’t want any part of that, so they drove me at my request to the nearest Utah highway patrol office.”...
and Vietnam, escorting search-and-rescue helicopters in a propeller-driven Douglas A-1 Skyraider. The unexpected trajectory of his flying career—switching from the U.S. military’s fastest airplane to among its slowest—is not lost on him. “A great change of pace,” he laughs today. ...
Ken Warby, which broke down on 8 October 1978, setting the world record in water speed. Warby and his son Dave are currently engaged in the construction of a new Australian Spirit boat powered by a Bristol Siddeley Orpheus jet engine taken from an Italian Fiat Gina Fiat G.91 fighter ...
today the use is limited, with its only users being Russia, Syria, Algeria and Turkmenistan. For more information about this astonishing bird see the link at the bottom of the article. The MiG-25 was also the fastest plane ever offered for fun flights by MiGFlug – it was mainly used for...
In the 20th century, and on through today, we have been heading to areas in which we can take our cars to the max. But who wants normal production cars when they can have land-speed machines with jets for engines. That's the true speed lovers way, take the motor from a plane and ...
The rest of the instruments are a mixture of aviation-style dials and more familiar buttons with icons for the heaters and aircon. It’s a snug fit, not unlike the cockpit of a fighter jet, though today they’ve left the hatch open to help me see where I’m going. Thankfully, I wo...
She is a fifth generation Texan, the granddaughter of a depression-era baby turned WWII fighter jet pilot turned self-made millionaire, and wifed up to the truest of heroes, a pediatric trauma nurse, who keeps any of Tracey’s own complaints about business, marketing, or just a seemingly ...