So pick up some surplus WW2 radio gear next time you see it and press it back into service. It will be an intellectual adventure where you will learn about history, RF design, and servo-mechanisms ...

B ungalows made out of surplus metals from Second World War aircraft are set for the bulldozer. Developers have launched plans to build 157 affordable homes in the Campfield Way area of Letchworth.

These race cars were built using WWII surplus fighter aircraft “external fuel drop tanks,” also called “belly tanks” and frequently the same tanks used on the P-38 Lightning.

The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, has sold its World War I-era Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny" to vintage aircraft collector Walter Bowe of Esparto, California. The historic ...

Last April archaeologists left for a very interesting dig in Burma. The archaeologists were out to find a number of British Spitfire fighter aircraft that were allegedly buried as surplus after ...

World War II witnessed technological leaps in aircraft design and performance that recast the nature of air warfare. Wood-and-fabric biplanes were replaced with streamlined, all-metal aircraft.

Car found amid sunken remnants of WWII-era aircraft carrier. The Yorktown, which could hold up to 2,200 personnel and 90 aircraft, was part of several operations in World War II after it was ...

But Southwest then found itself with 43 acres of surplus aircraft seat leather. Southwest has since donated about $2 million and 1.4 million pounds of leather to nonprofits such as Rethreaded, ...

The first aerial tankers were converted World War II military surplus aircraft. Called “borate bombers” by the public after the fire suppressant mixture dropped on fires, they flew out of what was ...

World War II: 'This is how you're going to change the world': Using Holocaust education to end bullying The aircraft will be staged at Lunken Airport, 262 Wilmer Ave., East End, from 10 a.m.- 4 p ...

The postwar lives of many of these aircraft were as action-packed as their military days. The air-racing community modified surplus fighters for events like the Reno Air Races.