A giant egg equipped with rotors and “Transformers”-style robots are among some of the creative designs submitted in a $2 million dollar contest to dream up new ways of flying. The GoFly Prize, a ...

The finalists of a Boeing-backed competition to design a passenger-carrying flying machine of the future are getting ready to exhibit their entries after years in development. The 'GoFly' competition ...

Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old designs of a bird-like human aeroplane and portable bridge have been brought to life in a new exhibition. Though the drawings by the famed painter have been turned ...

The search is on for a mass market personal flying machine, with a $2m (£1.4m) competition to "make the dream of personal flight [a] reality". Sponsored by Boeing and run by start-up GoFly, the ...

NARRATOR (JACK FORTUNE): One hundred years ago, the entire course of human history was transformed by one of the greatest inventions of all time. Powered flight. From the Wright brothers first flight ...

There is a personal flying machine so simple to put on that it’s like a rucksack: fasten the engine onto your back, launch the wing, squeeze the throttle and run. The power of the engine and wing ...

Grand Designs airship: aviation enthusiasts build a metal ‘flying machine for living in’ on latest episode When Colin and Marta decide to build an air hangar-inspired home in Scotland, it’s not long ...

For the first time, 100 machines invented by the acclaimed Italian Renaissance-era mastermind have been brought to life using plans he drew himself Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old designs of a ...