Short takeoff and landing (STOL) might prove a practical alternative to VTOL in the early days of electric aviation. VTOL aircraft use an enormous amount of energy lifting themselves off the ground, ...

Short-takeoff and-landing (STOL) aircraft have been around since the 1930s, most recognizably as the type of fat-tired, propeller-driven planes flown by bush pilots into remote areas. But for a new, ...

The company intends for its hybrid-electric aircraft to need no more than 300 feet for takeoffs and landings Electra's EL-2 Goldfinch sub-scale eSTOL technology demonstrator has proven the company's ...

The pan-European Neva Aerospace consortium, which is developing heavy-duty drones, industrial and commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and vehicles (UAV) based on its patented distributed thrust ...

Say hello to the new EL9, the ultra-short hybrid-electric aircraft with nine passenger seats designed by Electra for a new era of zero-emission, efficient flight. The Northern Virginia-based aviation ...

John Langford, founder and former CEO of Aurora Flight Sciences, is launching a new venture to develop hybrid-electric regional transport aircraft. The new company, called Electra, is planned to ...

We've been following Electra's ultra-short takeoff and landing electric hybrid prototype for some time and now the company has unveiled its EL9 Ultra Short production model that is designed to carry ...

This fall season, we saw several industry firsts in the US related to the emerging AAM (Advanced Air Mobility). The latest one to take us a step closer to zero-emission air travel is what claims to be ...

ELAS integrates wing leading edge slats with electric ducted fan. Credit: CubCrafters Backcountry aircraft manufacturer CubCrafters is flight testing a lift augmentation device that combines slats ...

Electra.aero Inc. recently demonstrated the value of its hybrid-electric Ultra-STOL (short takeoff and landing) technology to provide critical military logistics support to areas that are impossible ...

Metro Hop's new electric STOL plane has an advanced new feature that allows it to take off very quickly. The new electric aircraft can get airborne easily from a 25-meter rubber-runway. This means ...