Cavorite X7 makes history with first fan-in-wing transition flight

Horizon’s Cavorite X7 just made aviation history by pulling off the world's first stable fan-in-wing transition flight. The hybrid eVTOL can take off like a helicopter, cruise like a plane, and recharge its batteries mid-flight for quick turnarounds.

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Klein’s flying supercar rolls out in 2026, with an amphibian to follow

More than 30 years in the making, this long-range, high-speed, flight-tested, two-seat flying car is slated to be certified later this year, with customer deliveries beginning in early 2026. The team tells us an amphibious version could follow.

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Joby S4 makes historic piloted tilt-rotor eVTOL transition flight

Joby Aviation achieved a major milestone on April 22, 2025 when it became the first company to fly an all-electric tilt-rotor eVTOL with a pilot aboard as it transitioned from horizontal to vertical flight and back again.

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Whisper’s “UltraQuiet” propulsion system to power acrobatic glider

After demonstrating a super-efficient, ultra-quiet leaf blower, Whisper Aero has secured funding to fit its WhisperDrive propulsion technology to a glider and begin test flights. Its innovative ducted fans promise extreme efficiency and low noise.

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Inside Archer’s bold plans for air taxi rides across NYC, SF, and LA

Archer has its sights set on making air taxis a thing really soon. It's just revealed plans for a network of vertiports from which its electric aircraft can take off and land in NYC – so you can beat street traffic and get around town in minutes.

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Barrel-rotor flying car prototype begins flight testing

One of the most fascinating aircraft in the eVTOL space has moved into flight testing with a new large-scale prototype. Cyclotech's Blackbird airframe becomes the world's first aircraft to fly with six barrel-shaped "Cyclorotors" for propulsion.

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Watch the Jetson Personal Air Vehicle take flight, then order your own

Described as a "formula one racing car for the sky," the Jetson One is an electric-powered VTOL sky toy that can hover, bank, and reach speeds of up to 63 mph. The company's latest video will leave you wanting it more than ever.

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Airbus previews next-gen airliner with bird-inspired wings

Airbus has lifted the curtain just a tad and given us a glimpse at the future of commercial aviation. At the Airbus Summit 2025 in Toulouse, the company presented a view of the technology that will create the single-aisle airliner of tomorrow.

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Image of prototype XB-1 caught breaking the sound barrier

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound barrier. Captured on the second supersonic flight, it used a special imaging technique to record the historic event.

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XB-1 supersonic aircraft smashes sound barrier without explosive boom

If you've been keeping tabs on aviation news as of late, you saw that Boom Supersonic just recently broke the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Oddly enough, no one on the ground heard a thing during its "boomless" cruise.

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