A very different aircraft design powered by multiple electrically powered jets took off for the first time last week. The Lilium Jet has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities and this first flight ...

What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version? That's exactly what aviation firm FusionFlight has just revealed, in the ...

They were meant to be the future - jet transports capable of vertical takeoff and landing. From Cold War military prototypes to futuristic passenger concepts, VTOL jetliners promised freedom from ...

GM Design has unveiled the P5 VTOL Concept, one of four futuristic vehicles created exclusively for the reimagined Test Track attraction at Walt Disney World’s Epcot in Florida. The concept embodies a ...

In the early 1960s, Republic Aviation pitched a daring concept: a supersonic VTOL jet capable of launching from any surface, delivering a nuclear payload at Mach 2.3, and fighting off enemy ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1954, Bell Aircraft Corporation ...