Green Monster #5 will reappear after a careful restoration, October 16-18, at the 18th Annual NHRA Hot Rod Reunion and Cacklefest in Bakersfield, Calif. This historical, missing link from drag ...

Most of the time, an aeronautical engine is only somewhat interesting without the context of the aircraft it's mounted inside. There are a few exceptions, of course. We need not name-drop the ...

Four auto starter solenoids pop the tugboat clutch and 3000 pounds of hot rod is fired through quarter-mile at over 180 mph on gas. Anybody who has been around the drag strips long knows that /I ...

General Motors Corp., long harassed by controversy over its Allison aircraft engine, last week distributed a booklet packaged in heavy cellophane, and titled: Airplane Power (with special reference to ...

In 1945, preliminary design began on Allison's first turboprop engines. One was the T40 (Allison Model 500), which consisted of two T38 power sections driving co-axial contrarotating propellers ...