The world of VTOLs is fast expanding and promises to forever change the way air travel is made. There are several driving forces behind this expansion, ranging from the need to declutter our very ...
One of the biggest downsides to the current development of eVTOLs is the lack of proper infrastructure, which means that, in addition to building the aircraft, companies are also developing vertiports ...
I'm giving my VTOL jet a spin after someone asked to see another vertical takeoff and landing plane in action. My V22 can be ...
Iran’s new defense minister has suggested that his country enhance its air force by developing and building fighter aircraft with a vertical take-off and landing, VTOL, capability, also known as jump ...
The Pegasus eVTOL, which recently did its initial hover test flight, is more jet than an overgrown drone. It can still do drone-like things—vertical take-offs and landings, hovering in place—but it ...
In December 1982, the carrier cruiser Minsk prepared to launch two Yak-38 Forgers, the Soviet Union’s first vertical-takeoff fighters. After years of testing and redesigns, the strange three-engine ...
Electrification of cars and trucks is just the beginning of the global electrification of everything. One of the next steps will be the electrification of aircraft, which has so far been held back by ...
Reno-based Valkyrie Systems Aerospace has received a research grant from the US Air Force to further develop its remarkable HoverJet Guardian concept, which combines electric VTOL and high-speed jet ...
I'm so dying to do a supersonic, electric VOTL jet, but adding more work will make my - Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 7, 2021 "I'm dying to make a supersonic electric VTOL jet, but adding more work ...
The Lilium Jet is a proposed eVTOL (electric Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft that the German company Lilium GmbH has claimed it will bring to the market ‘soon’, which would made it the first ...
On Friday, Wheels Up said it was joining with rotorcraft manufacturer Bell Textron to launch a helicopter service by year’s end. The operation will extend service to Wheels Up members and customers ...