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470 mph on pistons: The fastest prop fighter ever built

The Dornier Do.335 used a push-pull engine layout to eliminate asymmetric thrust and reduce drag. Test flights revealed ...
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“I had the door slammed in my twice. I decided I’d make damn sure it never happened again”: The iconic singer who rose from the ashes twice to make one of metal’s ...

“You know that expression: one door closes, another one opens?” asked Ronnie James Dio. “Well, that happened to me twice. I had the door slammed in my face first by Ritchie Blackmore, then by Tony ...
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Blitz bomber turned burning wreck, the Do 17’s rise and fall

The Dornier Do 17 entered the war as a speed weapon — a bomber designed to strike fast and escape before fighters could respond. In Poland and France, it worked, helping drive the early Blitzkrieg ...