This is a shot of Chuck Yeager climbing out of the Bell X-1 in 1949, Chuck was first human to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 sitting in the cockpit of this very plane.
Interestingly, Yeager is still alive today at the age of 89, he was promoted to Major General in 2005 and is today one of the most outstanding pilots ever produced by the US Airforce.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
This is a nose cone from the last front-engined car to ever qualify for the Indy 500 – Jim Hurtubise’s 1969 Mallard-Offenhauser. Both Jim Hurtubise and his Mallard-Offenhauser would become legends in the long history…
This is the complete feature film Hot Rod from 1950, it’s a B-movie in the spirit of other classics in this genre from the era perhaps best epitomized by Rebel Without A Cause starring…
This is the Ken Miles Superformance Ford GT40 from the film Ford v Ferrari, it was driven by Christian Bale during filming, alongside the other Superformance Ford GT40 that was painted to look like the Bruce…
The Block Party Tee This is the new Silodrome Block Party Tee – each one is screenprinted in Richmond, Virginia onto a high-quality, 100% cotton American Apparel t-shirt. Block parties are a legendary neighbourhood tradition…
The first generation of the Buick Riviera was developed specifically to compete with the Ford Thunderbird, a luxurious grand touring coupe with elegant styling, seating for four adults, and a prodigious American V8 under the hood….
Given the current conditions many of us are living under, with lockdowns and quarantines, there’s been a groundswell in interest in things you can do that involve staying at home. Car Cookie Cutters started in…
