Photo credit: Stratolaunch | Matt Hartman
Stratolaunch successfully completed a powered flight of its TA-1 test vehicle. Engineers were able to accomplish a safe air-launch release of the Talon-A test vehicle, engine ignition, acceleration, sustained climb in altitude, and a controlled water landing.
We have seen the future of flying cars, and it definitely includes the XPENG AEROHT X2. This flying car successfully completed a low-altitude voyage over Guangzhou City on March 8th using a route suitable for both urban air transportation as well as sightseeing.
You’ve seen the Boeing Orca submarine, now check out the latest NASA x Boeing X-66 aircraft demonstrator, which has officially entered the early production stage. This marks the first X-plane designed specifically to focus on helping the US achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050.
Why bother with Exosonic’s Air Force One concept, when the Hermeus Quarterhorse is in development? This hypersonic aircraft is reportedly capable of flying at 5-times the speed of sound.
Another year, another new flying car, and this time, it’s the Doroni H1-X. What sets it apart from the others is its tandem wing configuration, which enhances lift and efficiency. The wing fences are used to manage airflow and built-in wing landing gear.
Private jets are nothing new, but the Private Jet Villa by Hanging Gardens in Bali by developer Felix Demin takes the experience to a whole new level. It’s located on a clifftop near Nyang-Nyang beach and makes use of a decommissioned Mandala Airlines’ Boeing 737.
The Skyryse One is touted as the world’s first production fly-by-wire helicopter piloted with a single control stick. Unlike other helicopters, this one recognizes a power failure and automatically enters into an autorotation, which automates the glide, flare, and set-down, with the pilot in full control.
Now that you can hear a solar eclipse, why not see one from 30,000-feet in the sky aboard Delta flight 1218? It’s set to take off on April 8, 2024 from Austin at 12:15 p.m. CT and land in Detroit at 4:20 p.m. ET, giving passengers aboard the best chance of seeing the solar eclipse.
There’s Kawasaki’s robotic ibex, and then their new K-RACER-X2 unmanned helicopter drone. Power comes from an H2R-sourced 998cc liquid-cooled, inline four-cylinder supercharged engine making 310 hp and 121.5 lb-ft of torque.