Have you ever imagined what personal flying could look like in the near future? China's Zhiyuan Research Institute, based in Hangzhou, is bringing that vision closer to reality. They just unveiled ...

Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to the jet pack. For a long while now, when someone mentioned “personal flying machines,” the image that came to mind was of people wearing devices powered by small, but ...

The Volonaut Airbike, a lightweight flying superbike developed by Tomasz Patan, debuts as a personal hoverbike designed for single-person use. Built with advanced carbon fiber materials and 3D-printed ...

Zapata, the company behind Franky Zapata's English Channel jetpack crossing, will launch its AirScooter, a personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, in Las Vegas in early 2026. As an FAA ...

Most of today’s personal flying vehicles fall under the category of EVTOLs (Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft).

There was a time when having your own plane was a pretty clear indicator that you were part of that upper crust of society. If it was a pricey and rare electric plane, then all the more. But those ...

The dream of personal flight—zipping above city streets, bypassing traffic, and gliding freely through the air—is inching closer to reality. The Airbike by Volonaut is one of the boldest steps toward ...

Control, can be flown in the U.S. without a license, but using its more advanced features may breach FAA rules.

It’s definitely more than meets the eye, as a team in Germany has connected 16 small, battery-powered propellers together to form the “E-Volo Multicopter”—described as “an innovative, vertically ...

From beginning to end the GoFly competition was about 2-1/2 years. Patterned after the original DARPA Challenge for autonomous vehicles, the timeline was split into phases, with increasingly difficult ...