Internal combustion engines are a relatively new development in terms of human history. A lot of people still alive today ...

In August 1909, at the first aviation meet in Reims, that aircraft won the Grand Prix with records of distance and duration. The engine was later installed in L. Paulhan's aircraft and set another ...

Although George Hendee led the business, his fellow former bicycle racer Oscar Hedstrom was the principal engineer, and responsible for the company's brief entry into aviation. Several features of the ...