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 ...

You can take the TriFan 600 jet just about anywhere since it can take off and land without needing a runway. ... Terrafugia is planning to release its vertical take-off jet, the TF-X, by 2025.

Lillium is developing a five-seat electric aircraft that can take off and land vertically. The company envisions using the aircraft like an Uber, hailing it from your phone to take you around the ...

The creator of a commercial jet that needs no runway said Monday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a utility patent for its TriFan 600 vertical take-off airplane.

The Lilium all-electric jet can take off and land anywhere without the thermal reinforcement of the platform needed for vertical flight in conventional VTOL jets, we are told.

The VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) X-Plane will essentially function as a helicopter and fighter jet in one.

Just a few weeks ago we highlighted an incredible video showcasing a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taking off at what’s almost a 90 degree angle. But extreme and … ...

Watch this electric air taxi take off vertically, thanks to 36 swiveling ‘jet’ engines It has a range of 186 miles and is optimized to cruise. By Rob Verger ...

Elon Musk is changing the world one idea at a time. First, with Tesla, the man so many people call the real life Tony Stark has done an incredible job of bringing electric vehicles to the mainstream.

Long noisy runways and polluting jet fuel may become obsolete thanks to a new plane that is powered by electricity and can take off vertically.. This egg-shaped plane, which resembles a Star Trek ...

VTOL, which stands for Vertical Takeoff and Landing, has been used in military designs since the 1960s, when the Harrier jump jet first took off.