A little over a century ago, the idea of flying would have been laughable to many. Nonetheless, flying is entirely routine for millions today, and much of the reason that planes and helicopters are ...

Air mobility company Blade and its partner BETA Technologies just operated a historic flight. Known as the ALIA-250, the vehicle was the first piloted "electric vertical aircraft" flight in the New ...

The number of blades a helicopter has is very important because it speaks to what the helicopter was designed to do. For example, adding more blades can significantly improve a helicopter's ...

They wanted to see what actually happens when random items collide with helicopter blades spinning at full speed. One by one, ...

Commuters will be able to fly from Westchester to Midtown Manhattan by chopper beginning on Black Friday, says helicopter hailing platform Blade. The flights are set to run between Westchester County ...

Joby and its competitors, such as Archer Aviation, want to replace noisy gas-burning helicopters with quieter electric aircraft. At this point, they are in the awkward position of being both airframe ...

Last month, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter finally died after years of faithful service on Mars. The spunky little chopper crashed on January 18, during what proved to be its 72nd and final flight.

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