The biggest problem with electric VTOL aircraft is the VTOL system. It's a pain. The world-changing convenience of vertical lift systems comes with a high price tag: they weigh a heap, particularly ...

Piaggio's Avanti twin-engine pusher-prop received Transport Canada clearance to operate in reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) airspace. "This opens the skies for Avanti operators in Canada and ...

"Fun" and "playful" are just about the last things most eVTOL companies want to be seen as; air taxis will need to be exceptionally boring in order to inspire public confidence and quick uptake. But ...

Beta’s first Alia proof-of-concept demonstrator has been flying in eCTOL configuration since June 2022. Credit: Brian Jenkins/Beta Technologies While publicly traded electric aircraft startups trumpet ...

Airbus Helicopters is potentially studying a novel high-speed rotorcraft concept that combines a hybrid-electric single-bladed tandem rotor configuration with a tail-mounted pusher propeller and wings ...

The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender was an unconventional swept-wing canard fighter developed in the early 1940s, featuring a rear-mounted engine and pusher propeller. Despite initial testing with a low-power ...