A 262-foot yacht isn’t considered that big by today’s standards, yet when Aalto (meaning “wave” in Finnish) delivered in 2007, it was the first of Oceanco’s 700-coded superyachts and marked…
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Two companies are vying to have the world’s first flying motorbike, but they are taking very different approaches. The Razor Flying Motorbike was on Jetpack Aviation’s to-do list for several…
Collins Aerospace and Panasonic Avionics are bringing the cinema to the skies. The two aviation companies have teamed up to design a next-generation business-class suite with a giant screen that…
Boeing has an exciting new aircraft in the pipeline. The aerospace company and its research subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences just unveiled a “game-changing” X-plane that combines the agility of Vertical…
Who said sustainability and speed can’t go together? The Racer just launched a new era for high-speed helicopters—or, more accurately, a new version of mixed-design aircraft. First announced in 2017,…
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This Bonkers 656-Foot ‘AirYacht’ Concept Can Transport 40 Guests Around the World
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The 656-foot-long AirYacht is moving closer to reality, but its latest iteration might force the designers to change its name. Instead of a two-part structure that includes a 197-foot superyacht…
Who says you need flaps and rudders to fly a jet? Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a new X-65—the latest in the government’s long-running experimental X-Plane series—that uses active…
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Watch: This Bonkers Supersonic Drone Almost Hit the Speed of Sound on a Test Flight
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Supersonic drones may sound like a far-off fantasy, but at least one new model is edging closer to reality. Venus Aerospace’s test drone completed its first flight last week, paving…