Mars Express joins the circus

As we noted last time we ran across the Mars Express, Bob Cunningham had discovered that the ultimate known fate of said car from the future was that it toured the country with the Russell Brothers circus from 1939 to 1942, though few photos existed of the Mars Express at that time. However, our friend […]

Turbine-powered oddities, No. 466: the see-through Kenworth-Boeing

The theoretical advantage to gas turbines, besides their ability to swallow up a wide range of fuels, is their relative lightness and compactness compared to other internal combustion engines (gasoline, diesel) of the same output. Boeing decided to illustrate that advantage with this press photo we recently scrounged up, dated April 10, 1950, showing one […]