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A Brief History On January 27, 1939, one of the great American fighter planes of World War II, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, made its first flight.  Appropriately named, the Lightning was the fastest fighter in the world at that time, being the first to exceed 400 mph in level flight.  Far from an anomaly, the P-38 was not the only important twin engine fighter plane to grace the skies during combat operation in World War II and the Korean War,  Today we look at 10 of the best 2 engine fighter aircraft from the peak of the piston powered era,…

A Brief History On January 23, 2018, not 1, but 2 car bombs were set off in Benghazi, Libya, killing at least 33 people, both military and civilians, and wounding dozens or even scores more.  Not the proper use of an automobile!  Normally, we love our cars and pick up trucks, SUV’s and the like, and do our best to keep them intact.  Sometimes, people love their car so much they are buried in the car instead of a casket!  Cars can be used as art, places to spoon with your sweetie, a comfortable seat to watch a drive-in movie…

A Brief History Nowadays, there are few things in life that could compare to the joys of being out there on a motorbike, with nothing ahead, but an open road and the wind in your hair –– or rather helmet. You have seen them thousands of times on the streets, but believe it or not, motorbikes have been around for over 100 years! The first ones were produced in 1894 by Hildebrand & Wolfmüller, and since then, there have been hundreds of different companies releasing them with all sorts of features.  Yet, if you are going on a long-distance ride,…

A Brief History Many people do not know that auto mechanics started as early as the 1800s in Europe, and the first-ever automobile was perfected in 1901. While a lot of things happened throughout automobile history, early car owners always had difficulty in finding people to fix and maintain this newly invented machine. In the early 1900s, Henry Ford perfected the efficient way of automobile making by releasing cars that had standardized parts, hence, it was cheaper and faster to make. As more automobiles were produced using standardized parts that were easy to learn and use, professionals and private businesses…

A Brief History On December 24, 1952, the British Handley Page Victor strategic bomber made its maiden flight.  The four engine jet bomber would enter service in 1958 as the third and last of the British “V” series of nuclear capable bombers, the other two members of the club being the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. Digging Deeper In the post-World War II Cold War era, the United Kingdom (often abbreviated as “Britain”) struggled to remain a major world power in the face of the nuclear arming of the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR).  In October of…