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Video: Airfish-8 wing-in-ground effect aircraft slated for service in 2025
February 28, 2024Hovering uncannily close to the waves, the Airfish-8 carves its way over water three times quicker than a boat, and 2.3 times more efficiently than an aircraft. Singapore's ST Engineering has announced its first orders, set to enter service in 2025. -
Super-simple helicopter looks easier than flying a drone
February 21, 2024How hard could it be to fly a helicopter if the controls consisted of just one stick and two touchscreens? That's exactly what the case is with the recently announced Skyryse One, which could be yours for just shy of $2 million. -
FlyNow eCopter takes a smaller, simpler approach to "air taxi" travel
February 09, 2024There are now a number of companies working on eVTOL "air taxis," most of which look a bit like larger versions of consumer quadcopter drones. The eCopter is different, however, in a way that could make it more likely to see real-world use. -
LuftCar signs deal to develop detachable flying vans in the Philippines
February 09, 2024Florida's LuftCar has designed a real burger with the lot: a hydrogen-powered jeepney van that backs into a special detachable airframe to turn into a high-speed, long-range, cruise-capable vectored-thrust eVTOL, perfect for island hopping. -
Lignin breakthrough unlocks cost-competitive, carbon-neutral jet fuel
February 07, 2024A simple, cheap pretreatment promises to radically cut the price of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from waste wood biomass – potentially making it cost-competitive with fossil-based jet fuel, while cutting down emissions by up to 80%. -
eHang's eVTOL air taxi will cost buyers less than $350,000 (in China)
February 02, 2024While some other urban air mobility startups are still just producing renderings, eHang's EH 216 eVTOL has already been leared for commercial air taxi work in China. The company has now gone a step further, by announcing the retail price. -
Archer's futuristic Midnight air taxi completes phase 1 flight tests
January 31, 2024Three months after its first takeoff, the production-spec Midnight air taxi has finished the first phase of flight testing. With the release of a new video, Archer says it expects to fly this next-gen machine with human pilots on board this year. -
World's first jet suit race is slated for February 28
January 29, 2024Gentlemen, start your turbines – it's time to see how these spectacular next-gen personal flight devices look and perform in the fire of competition. Gravity Industries has announced the world's first jet suit race is happening in less than a month. -
Paddle wheel ground effect vehicle accelerates as it skims the surface
January 28, 2024Things can get ugly and inefficient when a ground effect vehicle accidentally skims the water, adding significant drag that can drastically slow it down, wrench it sideways or just cost energy. One inventor is solving this problem with paddle wheels. -
Ultra-short takeoff and landing plane rakes in $8 billion in pre-orders
January 24, 2024In all the buzz around eVTOLs, there's still plenty of appetite for more conventional electric planes – especially, it seems, if they make ludicrous amounts of lift, and can take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using absolutely tiny runways. -
Quarterhorse Mk 0 takes first steps toward breaking SR-71 speed record
January 23, 2024In a bid to outdo the world speed record of the famous Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spyplane, aerospace technology company Hermeus has completed ground testing of its first fully-integrated prototype vehicle called Quarterhorse Mark 0. -
Kawasaki's supercharged 1,000cc Ninja-copter drone lifts 440 pounds
January 22, 2024Armed with a 300-horsepower, supercharged engine from Kawasaki's fearsome H2R hyperbike, the K-Racer X1 unmanned helicopter is an absolute beast of a cargo drone, the size of a small car. Watch it lifting a national-record weight in this new video. -
Regent to debut its hydrofoiling ground-effect Seagliders in Hawai'i
January 21, 2024The remarkable Seaglider promises a clean revolution in coastal transport; the convenience of an electric boat meets the speed and comfort of an aircraft, at unparalleled efficiency and range thanks to hydrofoils and the wing-in-ground effect. -
Cryo-compressed hydrogen: A 40% aircraft range boost over liquid H2
January 17, 2024ZeroAvia is working with San Francisco startup Verne to bring an even more energy-dense form of hydrogen to the clean aviation space. Cryo-compressed H2 could reduce costs, speed up fueling, and unlock 40% more flight range than cryogenic liquid H2. -
X-59 supersonic X-plane gets rolled out by NASA and Lockheed Martin
January 12, 2024With the usual ballyhoo, NASA and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the X-59 supersonic aircraft today. In a ceremony at the famous Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, the experimental plane was introduced to the public before a party of dignitaries.
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