It’s a rare occasion when a piece of engineering transcends its pure industrial function and becomes art. And it’s even rarer when that metamorphosis is the byproduct of a quest for better performance ...

Precious Metal is a staple of the air racing community. The highly modified P-51's striking yellow and polished paint job and its contra-rotating propellers are features that make it stand out, but ...

The Russian Tu-95 'Bear' isn't just a relic of the Cold War, with the potential for a nuclear payload capable of untold devastation. It's eight contra-rotating propellers also enable to it hold the ...

Learn how Francesco Agello broke the world airspeed record on October 21, 1934, flying the Macchi M.C.72 seaplane at 709.21 ...

New features for the industry-standard resistance and propulsion software, HydroComp's NavCad. Many contemporary marine vehicles are being outfitted with contra-rotating propellers (CRP), and naval ...

As they say in auto racing: “Speed costs money, how fast do you want to go?” That principle applies in air racing too–but in spades. In the 36 years of the Reno National Championship Air Races, the ...

When we think of Bugatti, we generally think of classic sportscars like the T13 and modern day supercars such as the all-conquering Veyron. However, back in the late 1930s, Ettore Bugatti also set out ...