La banana volante che andò in guerra

La banana volante che andò in guerra

Sembrava una barzelletta: un elicottero con la fusoliera piegata verso l'alto al centro come un frutto, con un grosso rotore che girava a ciascuna estremità. I soldati lo chiamavano la Banana Volante, e lo dicevano con affetto. Ma il Piasecki H-21 non era uno scherzo. Era in grado di trainare...
The Hunt for the Red Arrows’ Next Jet

The Hunt for the Red Arrows’ Next Jet

For half a century the Red Arrows have signed the British sky in red, white and blue, drawn by nine BAE Hawks flying wingtip to wingtip. This summer the signature was incomplete: worn-out Hawk T1s forced the team to fly seven jets for most of its 2026 displays rather...
Lilium’s Air Taxis Land in a Museum

Lilium’s Air Taxis Land in a Museum

The dream was an electric jet that would whisk you between cities in near silence, lifting off vertically from a rooftop and cruising on stubby wings packed with tiny fans. Lilium, the Munich start-up that raised well over a billion dollars chasing that dream,...