A giant egg equipped with rotors and "Transformers"-style robots are among some of the creative designs submitted in a $2 million dollar contest to dream up new ways of flying. A giant egg equipped ...

From the first fragile biplane to stealth bombers that defy radar, humanity's quest to conquer the skies has produced some ...

Earlier this month, two aviation companies you probably don't know much about (yet) brought back to light a flying machine design from so long ago that we've almost forgotten all about it: the ...

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After a mysterious and lengthy disappearance, the historic patent documents for the Wright Brothers' groundbreaking flying machine have finally resurfaced and are now at home in the National Archives ...

What if your daily commute didn’t involve congested highways or crowded trains, but instead, the open skies? The Volonaut Airbike, a new single-seat hoverbike, is turning this once-futuristic vision ...