Solar-powered Impulse 2 makes maiden flight: Eco-friendly aeroplane set to fly around the world next year

Solar Impulse 2 HB-SIB took off from Payerne airbase in Switzerland It soared above the clouds for over an hour before landing safely Aircraf…

Russian Helicopter MI-28

A few facts about the MI-28 Russian helicopter, from the photographer – Sergei: After the war of Afghanistan, it was clear that the Soviet ar…

The future of flight? Helicopter-plane hybrid is battery-powered and doesn't need a runway because it takes off VERTICALLY

The S2 takes off like a helicopter, but once airborne its 12 propellers rotate and fold up so it can glide like an aeroplane Joby Aviation, based…

Atlant And Tu 144 Presented to Public At Last

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a flying TANK! Experimental vehicles reveal the radical ideas of World War II engineers

The Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka was a Soviet attempt to allow a tank to glide onto a battlefield after being towed aloft by an airplane. It was des…

Two-minute timelapse video shows Boeing aircraft being stripped down and repainted over a fortnight

Emirates operates enormous aircraft paint hangar in Dubai Dozens of people work around the clock to strip planes of paint and redo job Stunning …

World's weirdest planes: State-of-the-art aircraft that came with a sky high price tag..

M2-F1 lifting body in towed flight, it was the first of five designs of lifting body, in which aerodynamic lift is derived from the shape of the …

Tu 95 Plane In the Sky