The Dornier Do 31 was a bold and futuristic project: the first jet-powered VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) transport ...

VTOL jet transports promised a future of vertical take off and landing for fast, flexible air travel. From bold Cold War ...

What could be cooler than a jet-powered equivalent of a quadcopter drone? Well, how about a larger passenger-carrying version ...

A vertical take-off jet plane has been under development for eighteen months at the Buffalo plant of Bell Aircraft Corp., and last week word leaked out that it has been successfully test-flown ...

THE world’s first ‘heli-plane’ is a glossy mini-jet, capable of ferrying six passengers at 280mph for stylish short-haul travel. And it just hit a major milestone. The Cavorite X7… ...

The jet is equipped with three ducted fans that allow it to lift off and land vertically. Once it's in the air, the jet's ducted fans rotate forward so it can cruise just like any other plane.

AVALON, Australia—BAE Systems PLC unveiled a design for a large drone that can take off vertically and fly alongside manned helicopters, the latest bet on autonomous warfare as countries seek to ...

The Harrier Jump Jet is one of the most iconic fighter jets to enter service, and its incredible capabilities — one of which is to take off and land vertically — is one of the reasons why it ...

Against the silver-gray sky in the old film reel, the bulbous jet lurches upwards like a flying saucer in an old Ray Harryhausen film. The Short SC1 aircraft, a British-built experimental plane ...

The prototype of the Aska A5 electric flying car, which can do a vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), made its debut at CES 2023.

Both military and civilian aircraft users have long demanded a helicopter-airplane hybrid: a “convertiplane” that can take off vertically like a helicopter and fly as fast and as economically ...

World’s first ‘heli-plane’ that takes off vertically & transforms into jet to whisk passengers away at 280mph The mini-jet has 14 fans embedded within its wings that allow it to hover off ...