For a long time radial aircraft engines, with their distinctive cylinder housings arranged in a circle, were a common sight on aircraft. As an experiment, [KendinYap], wanted to see if he could ...

Switzerland-based aircraft manufacturer Jekta Switzerland SA is developing an electric passenger hydro aircraft, or seaplane, capable of flying nearly 100 miles on a single charge. The company ...

A blast from aviation's past might make a splash in the future as Tidal Flight signs a Letter of Intent with Tropic Ocean Airways for 20 of the company's super-efficient hybrid-electric Polaris ...

The designers of an all-electric seaplane called NoEmi hope their conceptual aircraft will one day take tourists fjord-hopping in Norway, and eventually connect cities in coastal areas worldwide.

Battery-electric powertrains are taking over the whole transportation industry and we are starting seeing them making their way into air transport. We’ve now got a new example of that with the world’s ...

Such is not the case, however, with the new Tornado Updraft 12. The remote-control aircraft comes in the form of an assemble-it-yourself kit, and is the result of a collaboration between US companies ...

Vancouver, British Columbia,-based Harbour Air just flew an all-electric commercial aircraft — for five minutes. The seaplane took off from the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C., early Tuesday morning as ...