Tag: Airborne

Tech startup announces flying motorcycle prototype with impressive airborne features — here’s how it works

Cruising capability has taken on a new meaning. Czech company UDX has developed an electric vertical take-off and landing (evTOL) prototype that can travel airborne at incredible heights with speed, efficiency, and agility. Known as Airwolf, the hoverbike prototype is developed with impressive individually tilting ducted fan propulsion technology, allowing it to hover and cruise […]

High-speed hippos can get airborne, says new study

Hippos can get airborne when moving at high speeds over land, according to a new study. This is the first time that the animals, which can weigh more than 2,000 kilograms (2.2 tons) and spend much of their time in water, have been found to lift all four limbs off the ground when moving quickly, […]

County fair rides go airborne, among other thrills

SOUTH BEND — “You feel a little like Superman on it,” Griffin Long, 13, said as he stepped off the Cliff Hanger ride Saturday at the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair. For the ride, participants lie flat on their stomachs with their arms stretched forward. They are strapped into seats with gliders hanging over them. […]

Jeep goes airborne in crash; local man killed

HURON COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash that happened in Huron County. According to OSHP, around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, June 17, a Jeep Wrangler headed southbound on West River Road went off the right side of the roadway and hit a culvert storm drain cover. I-TEAM: […]

Major NATO airborne exercise starts in Romania

A major NATO exercise involving airborne troops went into its main phase in Romania on Monday with paratroopers dropped to the south of the city of Cluj-Napoca. In the exercise, the troops are tasked with liberating the military airfield at Câmpia Turzii, which has been seized by hostile forces. Around 1,500 troops were to land […]