Sitting comfortably in 2014, it's easy to think there was a clear delineation between propeller-powered aircraft and jet-powered flight, largely because of the seemingly light-switch like change ...

The Lockheed L-133 Starjet was a prime example of a paradoxical “successful failure.” As I asserted in a recent article for The National Interest, of all the great geniuses in the history of military ...

Jet engines generate much more power ... where the crankshaft drives the propeller. The power output of a piston engine is expressed in watts (W) or in horsepower (hp). One horsepower equals ...