In the mid-1970s, car manufacturers throughout the world faced some tough times as the automotive industry was trying to overcome a big oil embargo situation. Due to a threefold increase in the cost of crude oil, people around the world lost interest in fuel-guzzling automobiles. In spite of all those economic problems, 1975 managed to […]
Exploring Unconventional Aviation Engineering: The History of Unusual Multi-Engine Aircraft
Aviation history is littered with hi-tech experiments that took the art of aerodynamics, aircraft size, structure and propulsion to the limit. Most passenger aircraft today have 2 or 4 engines, but in the past aircraft designers were sometimes prepared to experiment with much more complex configurations for insufficient power and/or performance of conventional designs. Some […]
Aviation’s Awkward Era: 10 Unconventional Aircraft That Took to the Skies
The history of aviation is really about the planes that people remember because they look so nice. They have shapes and smooth lines that make them look like they can fly even when they are standing still on the ground. The real story of how planes were made is not so perfect. It is about […]