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Challenger I Streamliner
DURING the Bonneville National Speed Trials Mickey Thompson became this nation's fastest driver, thus earning the title of "1959 Hot Rod Champion of The Year."
Challenger 1 1959: The Challenger 1, American's Fastest automobile, at rest on the salt. 1959 Popular Mechanics Hot rod racing 1959 by George Hill
Wind Turbine Blade Tip Power System
The Honeywell Wind Turbine’s Blade Tip Power System (BTPS) replaces the traditional gear box, shaft and generator of current wind turbine technology. 
HoneyWell WindTronics WT6000The gearless Blade Tip System creates a “free wheeling’’ turbine, generating energy from the blade tips (where the speed lies) rather than through a mechanical center gear.
1941 P-39 Flying Faster Than a Bullet
"By this time you are so intimately acquainted with your craft that, indeed, you have come to believe yourself a part of it. (And, by the way, this is not exaggeration. No pilot ever achieved anything in precision flying without attaining this relationship between himself and his Craft.)"
- By Andrew Charles McDonough
- Test Pilot & Eastern Air Lines Pilot
July 1941
1940's Steam Powered Bus Design
"Combining steam power with an automatic control system, a new method of propelling, trucks and buses as been developed.
Plymouth Motor Fair 1941
Plymouth Motor Fair
Source July 1941 Popular Mechanics Magazine