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Of all the stories from the heroic age of exploration, there is perhaps none quite so strange as that of Maurice Wilson. By Andrew Frankel
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The secret of the Sherman tank’s success lay not on the battlefield, but an entire continent away in the factories where it was built. By David Twohig
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Having dreamt of the moment for decades, Andrew Frankel finally finds himself airborne in a Spitfire. Here’s what happened next
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To many, the idea of flying a Supermarine Spitfire is the stuff of dreams. It certainly was to Andrew Frankel, until the very moment it happened
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There are boats, there are beautiful boats, and there’s the Riva Tritone. Andrew Frankel, who knows nothing about boats, has his mind duly blown
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Damon Hill and Colin Goodwin were both London despatch riders in the 1980s and, unlike far too many, survived to tell their tales
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Why is it so much more difficult to travel on water at half the speed already achieved on land? How big a challenge is breaking the WSR? Andrew English reports
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It’s so dangerous and difficult, the record has stood for almost half a century. But now Richard Noble is planning to change all that. Andrew English looks back and forward