Archive

Defence & security

November 1945: How Britain went on the offensive with magnetic mines

Aerospace

July 1969: The Apollo 11 mission

One of many plans to build a Channel Tunnel
Civil & structural

Going underground: Tunnelling triumphs from The Engineer archive

Electronics

Digital Britain: charting the UK's role in fibre optics and digital communications

Gone but not forgotten: six engineering greats

Rail & marine

Six engineering disasters from the archives

Aerospace

January 1986: The Challenger disaster

The Hiller XROE 1 rotorcycle

From the chicken cannon to the cross-channel bridge: nine weird innovations from the archives

The Miles 52, aka The Winged Bullet
Aerospace

Five marvels of the jet age from The Engineer's archive

Automotive

October 1955: Radio-controlled tractor gets to work in Surrey

Aerospace

Six technologies that helped win the Second World War

Energy & environment

March 1914: Obituary of George Westinghouse