The latest news on aircraft design and technology.
How Marine Pilots Fly the MV-22 Osprey
With a price tag of about $84 million, the V-22 Osprey is the world’s first production tilt-rotor aircraft.
First Autonomous Flight of the Black Hawk helicopter
Watch at the video the first autonomous flight of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
World’s first Electric Wingsuit Flight
Daredevil Peter Salzmann teamed up with BMWi to create the world’s first wingsuit powered by an electric motor.
Insect-sized Drone uses Artificial Muscle System
Insect-sized drone uses direct-drive artificial muscle system, that’s more efficient than the flapping drives of traditional flying micro robots.
Natilus Freight Drone
Natilus twin-engine turboprop drone can carry 60 percent more cargo than an equivalent aircraft.
US Air Force to support Valkyrie eVTOL
US Air Force to support advanced Valkyrie HoverJet high-speed, eVTOL concept.
Best STOL Wing design ever?
Is this the best STOL wing design ever?
Icelandair B767 Landing and Takeoff in Antarctica
Icelandic pilots and crew operated this flight and landed on the icy runway in Antarctica, with scientists.
AirCar receives Airworthiness Certificate
Klein Vision’s AirCar flew 70 hours of test flights, receives airworthiness certificate in Slovakia.
X-59 Wind Tunnel SuperSonic Testing
This schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) airplane taken inside NASA Supersonic Wind Tunnel, during a recent boom test.