The mind-bending world of birotary engines - a hybrid of piston and rotary technology that could revolutionize aviation. But ...

Part two of the Quest for Power series breaks down rotary and radial engines, why circular layouts solved cooling and reliability, and why they also came with nasty tradeoffs. From WWI rotaries to ...

Just because LEGO Technic is technically a toy doesn’t mean that you cannot do solid engineering with it, like building ...

While wings proved to be a successful way to lift an aircraft, what would power and propel it into the sky? And once up there, how could a pilot control its movement in three-dimensional space? Early ...

Aaron has a burning passion for flying and traveling around the world. He has flown around the world numerous times while making a point of visiting aviation museums around the world. He hails from ...

From castor oil-soaked World War I rotaries to the monstrous Wasp Major, this episode charts the rise of radial engines and how they powered some of history’s most famous warbirds. Join us as we ...

Luke Diaz is a freelance military writer with experience with active duty experience in the US Navy as well as defense and industrial engineering. He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed ...

WWI rotary engines, though quickly superseded, were revolutionary for their time, offering superior power-to-weight ratios with unique features like the entire engine spinning around the crankshaft ...

As global aviation grapples with rising trade demands, ESG imperatives, and technological disruption, one of its longest-serving engine makers—Pratt & Whitney, a division of RTX—marks a milestone. On ...

The CAF’s B-29 FiFi is flying again, after major engine repairs this spring. The historic WWII aircraft is 1 of only 2 B-29 Superfortress bombers still flying in the world. The other, DOC, is based in ...