Pratt & Whitney engine adds superior takeoff, climb, and cruise performance to the plane's renowned load-carrying capability.

Its axiomatic that the gas turbine engine is more reliable than general aviations ubiquitous warhorse, the reciprocating piston engine. Like the old saw about the two kinds of pilots-those whove made ...

"I wanted to provide manufacturers of motor vehicles, ships and aircraft with an improved means of propulsion," said an ...

The Ford Motor Company of the 1950s brewed up what some journalists thought was the engine of the future. At a time when the gas turbine was all the rage, Ford experimented with a new kind of piston ...

Long after motorcycles had settled into predictable formulas of pistons, cylinders, and incremental gains, someone decided the whole rulebook was passé. While the rest of the industry chased tighter ...

While there have been many unusual engine designs over the years, there haven't been many advancements involving the inner workings of the piston engine, except for higher-quality components, since ...

Converting the ignition of a fuel-air mixture into usable mechanical energy lies at the core of a dizzying number of internal combustion engines developed over the course of more than century.