Chuck Jurgen Teschke, an aircraft maintenance engineer with 38-years of experience from Canada, has a habit of turning trash into treasure. His latest creation, the Frankencopter 4, is a Volkswagen T1 bus merged with an Airbus H125 helicopter. This isn’t a flying or driving vehicle – it’s art, built from discarded parts and welded together to get your attention.
Daniel Riley, the genius behind the YouTube channel rctestflight, loves to build things that break the laws of physics. His latest creation, a remote controlled plane with a blown wing, doesn’t just fly – it hovers, drifts and defies expectations with a design so crazy it’s like a magic trick. This foam board and carbon fiber contraption, powered by electric ducted fans, redefines what a plane can do at low speeds.
Salzburg’s FlyNow Aviation is about to revolutionize city mobility with its eCopter, a personal electric helicopter that took to the skies for the first time just last month at a new test site in Eastern Austria. Moving from tethered tests at Salzburg Airport, this practical, dual-rotor machine is a cost-effective, eco-friendly alternative for cargo and passenger transport, possibly as cheap as a taxi.
From July 25 to August 31, 2025, AirJapan, ANA Group’s low-cost carrier, brings the “Catch Your Summer Memories Onboard! AirJapan Gacha!” event to select flights. We’re introducing Japan’s beloved gacha culture into the skies. Spin for prizes and enjoy the fun of Japanese culture while you fly.
Tomasz Patan, the genius behind the Jetson ONE, has done it again – the Volonaut Airbike is real and it’s a jet powered hoverbike. Test flight footage from a mountain valley shows this prototype flying smoothly over a misty landscape with a near supernatural ease.
A single person drone, piloted by a human, flies over the rugged slopes of Mt. Lubań in Poland and reaches the 3,973ft peak in under 4 minutes. This is not science fiction – it’s the Jetson ONE, a battery powered VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) craft that will change the way we navigate the world.
Photo credit: NASA / Carla Thomas
The X-59 rolled out of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works hangar in Palmdale, California on July 10, 2025 and is now taxiing on its own power for the first time. This is the final step before flight for the NASA Quesst mission aircraft. Central to the Quesst mission is the X-59 which will change the way we think about supersonic travel and potentially open the skies to commercial aviation.
Joby Aviation is disrupting urban travel, and charging towards a future where electric air taxis are real. The California company has announced a major expansion, doubling production at its Marina, California facility and opening a new plant in Dayton, Ohio. With a sixth aircraft already in the skies and a solid plan to grow, Joby is positioning itself as the leader in redefining city mobility.
