The skies have always fascinated humankind, and the dream of flight has been pursued by scientists, inventors, and engineers through the ages. More than a century after the heyday of aircraft pioneers such as the Wright Brothers and Santos-Dumont, we tend to think of the air as being conquered, an old-hat technology. But new innovations relating to flight are constantly being researched, and aspects of our atmosphere that are still only very tenuously explored. The age of flight, it seems, is only just getting started.
| WING-IN-GROUND EFFECT CRAFT | Hauling cargoes at extreme low altitudes. |
| JETCOPTERS | Combining two powerful air technologies. |
| FORWARD-SWEPT WING AIRCRAFT | Greater maneuverability with a forward sweep. |
| COMPOUND COAXIAL HELICOPTER | Optimizing helicopter speed and lift. |
| BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT | The next generation airliner. |
| ADVANCED AIRSHIPS | Lighter-Than-Air Craft. |
| STRATELLITES | High altitude utility airships. |
| MONO TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT | A unique blend of helicopter and airplane. |
| PULSE DETONATION ENGINE | Explosive jet engine. |
| ORNITHOPTER | Aircraft that fly like birds. |
| OBLIQUE FLYING WING | Asymmetric hypersonic flight. |
| SCRAMJETS | Extreme hypersonic speeds. |
| HELICARRIERS | Airborne aircraft carriers. |
| STRATOSTATIONS | Floating outposts 25 miles up. |
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