Kevin Bredenbeck is more comfortable in a flight suit than a tuxedo, more at ease in the cockpit than on stage. But there he was last month at a black-tie event in Washington D.C. with his colleagues from Sikorsky Aircraft to receive the Collier Trophy, the aerospace industry’s most prestigious award.

‘I wasn’t about to let this little helicopter do me in.’

Sikorsky was being honored for the X2, a record-setting helicopter that can fly at more than 300 mph. It is a remarkable, even revolutionary, machine, with two main rotors stacked one atop the other and a pusher propeller on the tail. The...

Let’s get one thing out of the way: This is the best Mustang ever built. Which makes it one of the best muscle cars ever built, which makes it one of the best cars ever built, period. Which means you should probably go out and buy one, even though it costs $41,000 — a big chunk of change for a Mustang.

For a normal person, the ordinary, 412-hp Mustang GT has absolutely nothing wrong with it. It’s a $30,500 brawler that handles better than anything with a live rear axle has a right to. Best of all, it recalls that awesome time your dad hit up the ‘74 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen and got lost ...