It's one of several ultralight personal flying machines coming to market in the next year or so, including the $190,000 Helix from Pivotal (formerly known as Opener) and the Hexa from Lift Aircraft.

Just imagine sitting in your own personal aircraft ... I wondered how something like this could be transported without flying it into Las Vegas; it turns out the wings pop off, and then the ...

Recently, his company released a video of its prototype personal flying machine, the Jetson ONE, in action. The clip quickly clocked more than 12m views on YouTube in about four weeks. The filming ...

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A sequel to the article on the aerodynamics of birds in the April, 1952, issue of this magazine. Among the remarkable adaptations birds have made to life in the air are high power and light weight ...

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The $2 million GoFly competition encourages mad scientists and daredevils to come as close as possible to Star Wars's light cycles, James Bond's jetpack, Marty McFly's hoverboard, or any other ...

At the same time, it’s not clear that the traveling public will want to board a flying machine that doesn’t have a pilot, even if — and it remains a big if — regulators such as the US ...

Between finding a carry-on that will fit in most overhead compartments, a toiletry bag or Dopp kit for your tiny bottles of shampoo, and an under-the-seat personal item to hold everything you’ll ...