Interesting Airplanes

Experimental supersonic aircraft stops in Texas on its way to Kennedy Space Center.

Four-seat carbon fiber design targets 1,300 nautical miles of range, folding wings and a 1,520-pound useful load.

New cargo aircraft targets a 2,000-pound payload and 1,000-nautical-mile range.

Funding will support development of Natilus’ optionally piloted Kona aircraft and a planned military logistics demonstration.

Prototype used compressed-air thrusters to perform aerial maneuvers.

Bye Aerospace begins flight testing of its all-electric trainer following FAA approval earlier this month.

Purpose-built single-engine airtanker begins flight testing in Arkansas.

Boeing is supporting a planned educational pavilion around the former Samaritan’s Purse cargo aircraft in Virginia.

Proposed SkyCourier UX would carry about 6,000 pounds and operate without an onboard crew on military logistics missions.

NASA-backed program used a one-third-scale 182 demonstrator to test a blown-wing retrofit.