by Nigel Blackwell | Planes
Between the first and second world wars, aircraft development was moving apace in Europe. One of the many people pushing aircraft technology was Alexander Lippisch, the designer of the rocket powered Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. Lippisch proposed a triangular delta...
by Nigel Blackwell | Planes
In the years after Yeager broke Mach 1 in the X-1, the plane and its growing band of pilots were frequent visitors to the front pages of newspapers and magazines around the world; Life, Time, and probably even Pony Weekly featured articles. This set the publics...
by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
Ok, I’m going to face this at the start. Y-Job is not a good name for a car, concept or otherwise. The connotations are legion, but this is now and that was then, and then it was a cool name. So no more sniggers, ok? Besides, look at it, it’s a damn cool...