Flight Design Launches New Electric Aircraft – the CTLSi
German plane manufacturer Flight Design has launched a new electric aircraft that builds on its well established CT (Composite Technology) series – the CTLSi.
German plane manufacturer Flight Design has launched a new electric aircraft that builds on its well established CT (Composite Technology) series – the CTLSi.
In early 2010 the online realm was buzzing with news of the Puffin, a NASA concept for a one-man personal aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL).
Sitting in a junk filled corner of Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth, Texas, is a corroding aircraft that formed the basis of Lockheed’s Joint Strike Fighter design – then known as the Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter and ASTOVL.
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