STS-6 was the sixth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1983, the mission deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-1, into orbit, before…
Police vehicles are often fitted with audible and visual warning systems to alert other motorists to their approach or position on the road. In many countries, use of the audible…
Arianespace SA is a French company founded in March 1980 as the world’s first commercial launch service provider. It operates the Ariane 6, a medium-to-heavy-lift rocket. Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, a joint venture between Airbus and Safran.…
William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is a two-time Emmy Award and four-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Drama…
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
STS-123 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-123 was the 1J/A ISS assembly mission. The original launch target date was February 14, 2008, but after the delay…
Per-Gunnar “P-G” Andersson (born 10 March 1980 in Årjäng) is a Swedish rally driver. He is a two-time winner of the Junior World Rally Championship. In 2011, Andersson competed in two WRC events with a Ford…
Walter Röhrl, born 7th of March 1947 is a German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia, and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford, and BMW.…
Shaquille O’Neal (born March 6, 1972), commonly known as Shaq , is an American former professional basketball player and sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Nicknamed “Diesel”, he is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg) center who…
The United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program (SFTI program), more popularly known as Top Gun (stylised as TOPGUN), is a United States Navy training program that teaches air combat manoeuvring tactics and techniques to selected naval aviators and naval flight officers,…
Volvo Car AB trading as Volvo Cars, is a Swedish multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles. Volvo is headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg. The company manufactures SUVs, station wagons, and sedans. The company’s main marketing revolves around safety and its Swedish heritage…
Klaus Niedzwiedz (born February 24, 1951, in Dortmund, West Germany) is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist. Niedzwiedz rose to prominence when driving a Ford Capri for Zakspeed in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft. The turbocharged 1.4 L engine from…
In 1981, Saby (born 23/02/ 1949) became French Rally Champion in a Renault 5 Turbo. He drove for the works teams of Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen and Lancia during his career in the World Rally Championship. He took two World…
The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus, and is the best-selling airliner ever built. The A320 aircraft programme was launched in March 1984, first flew on 22 February 1987,…
Prior to 1940 the term “jeep” had been used as U.S. Army slang for new recruits or vehicles, but the World War II “jeep” that went into production in 1941 specifically tied the…
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Alexander Wurz (born 15 February 1974) is an Austrian former racing driver, motorsport executive and businessman, who competed in Formula One between 1997 and 2007. In endurance racing, Wurz is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1996 and 2009 with Joest and Peugeot, respectively. Amongst several test driver roles,…
Burt Reynolds was born as Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. on February 11, 1936, in Lansing, Michigan. As an American actor, most famous during the 1970s and 1980s. Reynolds played leading…
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2+1⁄2 times its size, to…
Brauerei C & A Veltins is a brewery in the west German city of Meschede-Grevenstein. In 2015, Veltins ranked fourth among Germany’s best selling beers. The small guesthouse brewery of Franz Kramer opened its simple…
Today we celebrate the first Monte Carlo Rally. On the 21st of January 1911 Prince Albert I incepted the rally and from the start was intended to demonstrate improvements and…
On this day 137 years ago one of the most successful companies today was incorporated. This company was the first to actively use Marketing to sell their products and gain…
Today we celebrate the „Festa del Tricolore“, Italy’s flag or tricolour day. What way to celebrate this great nation with a Hot Wheels car dedicated to the country of Italy……
Today we celebrate the US racing driver Jim Downing’s Birthday. Born on the 4th of January 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia, Jim Downing drove for VW, Ford, Toyota, Renault, and Mazda.…
Today we celebrate the multiple German Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher’s 57th Birthday. What way to celebrate this great racing driver and to wish him all the best, with…
Today we celebrate the US’ „National Science Fiction Day”. What way to celebrate this great nation’s great day with a famous TV Spaceship – the USS Enterprise NX01 … If…
Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, by size and passengers carried. Air Canada is headquartered in the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal. The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled and…
The Dakar Rally or simply “The Dakar” (Le Dakar), formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally (Le Rallye Paris-Dakar), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than…
Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed for and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), which had been formed in 1973, the same year that…
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy’s Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project. A…