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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Tanks roll west
1
United States Army (Mechanized forces), Tank warfare, Tanks, Military
Headed for the highway
8
Automobiles (Design)
Here's the B-32, our newest superbomber
12
Airplanes, Military
Sawdust retread is nonskid
16
Tires, Automobile (Retreading and recapping)
Colossus of Brooklyn
18
Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.)
Clever, these Yankees!
40
Inventions
Navajos call it lightning wagon
44
Locomotives
Cargantua of the skies
50
Seaplanes
How to beat the jungle
56
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
Hydraulics permit fingertip steering of cargo carriers
59
Hydraulic transmission

Helicopters
27
Helicopters
Radio pilots your postwar airliner
28
Airplanes (Radio equipment)
Around the world in 30 minutes
33
Airplanes (Speed), Airplane engines, Jet, Jet propulsion
Bearings by the billion
60
Bearings (Machinery)
It's impossible but we'll try it!
65
Peter CULBERTSON, Airships, Rescue work

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