What if an aircraft could lift off like a helicopter, fly like a plane, and still be compact enough to land on a building’s roof — all in one trip? Canada-based Horizon Aircraft has created ...

And the plane has one very special attribute – aside from its remarkably short take-off and landing – that should be physically impossible. It can, essentially, fly backwards.

The Next X-Plane Who will win the competition to build an airplane that can fly fast and hover?

The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate ...

Late in 2023, a video shared on Reddit that captured a passenger plane flying over San Francisco went viral because it appeared to be levitating mid-air. While some fighter jets can hover in place ...

High-concept MAV takes off with fixed wings and counter-rotating propellers, allowing it to operate with high aerodynamic efficiency--even in adverse conditions, according to its creator.

The Air Hogs Fury Jump Jet’s wings and rotors both rotate to point up, essentially turning the plane into a helicopter that can hover in mid-air.

Researchers at MIT have developed a new type of drone which can turn on a dime from hovering like an ordinary quadcopter to swooping and gliding like a fixed-wing airplane. In doing so, it could ...

We've seen helicopters hover both in movies and in real life rescues. The Guinness World Record for the longest hover, set in 1989, is 50 hours.

The VTOL jet plane unlocks after the final mission of the main story in Saints Row (2022) Like in previous games in the series, the VTOL jet plane in Saints Row (2022) can hover like a helicopter ...