Bell Textron has announced plans – through a partnership with jet charter company Wheels Up – to develop short- and long-term solutions for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The collaboration aims to address...
Urban-centred air transportation is not a new concept. In the 1970s, Boston and some other cities had services based on-demand helicopter taxi. However, the accidents, air pollution, noise, and cost ultimately grounded the taxi...
Continental Aerospace Technologies and VerdeGo Aero have announced a strategic partnership to develop hybrid-electric propulsion systems for eVTOLs. Florida-based VerdeGo is a start-up developing its Integrated Distributed Electric Propulsion (IDEP) system, while Continental is...
At the Bastille Day parade in Paris last week, water-craft racer Franky Zapata amazed crowds and European dignitaries – including French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel – with his personal VTOL...
Pipistrel Vertical Solutions – a Pipistrel company – unveiled its first eVTOL model 801 at the Uber Elevate summit, in Washington D.C. this week. This is a five-seater, fully electric air taxi concept. The...
Volocopter has signed an agreement with aviation services company Honeywelll to develop new automatic take-off and landing systems for Volocopter’s VTOL aircraft. Honeywell is breaking into the urban air-mobility market and is working with...
Almost a year ago, Airbus showed off the first full-scale test flight of its prototype VTOL – Vahana. Last week, Airbus A3 revealed that Vahana has since taken 50 full-scale test flights. In a...
Honeywell will be debuting a new hybrid-electric turbo-generator engine at HAI Heli-Expo in Atlanta next month. The aircraft-parts manufacturer is presenting the engine as part of its push to develop hybrid-electric propulsion systems for...
Last week, a video surfaced of an odd-looking aircraft taking off from a snowy airfield in Vermont. On first appearances, the aircraft looks like a standard 4 seat general aviation aircraft, but this one...
The City Airbus VTOL concept The best-known company in urban aviation is Uber. Its Uber Elevate project has captured the imagination of many of the public – and also many reporters. But the company...