Low-Cost Airlines Are Considering Standing-Only Seats—Yes, Really
Remember the evil plan by Airbus to pack more passengers into an aircraft with stacked seats? Good news: it’s not real—yet. But something else equally […]
Wings Out, Tail Up: The Switchblade Flying Car Is Here To Break Traffic
This vehicle here which flies and drives is called the Switchblade. But don’t worry—Miles Mayhem’s V.E.N.O.M. isn’t behind it. The company responsible is a U.S.-based […]
Pterodynamics Transwing VTOL: Folding Wings And Unfolding Possibilities
The concept of a VTOL with fixed-wing airplane flight is not new. Hell, even a cartoon like M.A.S.K. had this concept with the Switchblade. Meanwhile, […]
Jetson ONE Just Pulled Off The First eVTOL Race—Eat Your Heart Out, Podracers
Here’s one way to prove the airworthiness of a personal electric aerial vehicle, aka eVTOL: a race. Tomasz Patan’s other company, Jetson, has just achieved […]
Meet The Volonaut Airbike: Possibly A Real-Life Speeder Bike… Maybe
We’ve seen plenty of so-called “hoverbikes” over the years. And they all seem to have one thing in common: a bunch of exposed rotors spinning […]
The Flying Car That Actually Looks Like A Regular Car Made First Flight
If you’ve ever been stuck in traffic, staring at the open sky and wishing your car could just take off, Alef Aeronautics has some good […]
Cuantianhou: China’s Supersonic Monkey Leaps Ahead In High-Speed Aviation
Move over Boom Supersonic—China has entered the chat. Say hello to the Cuantianhou which literally means “Sky-Leaping Monkey,” because nothing says speed quite like a […]
Boom Supersonic: Closer To Breaking Barriers, One Flight At A Time
The skies are getting a whole lot faster as Boom Supersonic edges closer to making aviation history with its XB-1 demonstrator. This isn’t your average […]
Japan’s Skies Get A Tech Makeover With AutoFlight’s Historic eVTOL Flight
Who needs traditional runways when you can have a flying machine that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like a plane? Enter AutoFlight, a […]
Sikorsky ‘Rotor Blown Wing’ UASFor DARPA Is Almost An All-Wing Unmanned Aircraft
American aircraft manufacturer, Sikorsky, best known for its helicopters, is working on a unique unmanned VTOL aircraft for DARPA. This is no ordinary VTOL—it is […]
JetZero Blended Wing Body Jet: The Fuselage Is The Wing, The Wing Is The Fuselage
As far as commercial jet goes, the aerospace industry is going through a shake-up phase. There is a couple of companies working to revive supersonic […]