Heliwing flies

Boeing's Heliwing aerial vehicle (UAV) had its first flight on 26 April, lifting off and hovering for several minutes at 10 ft (3m) at Boeing's test site in Moses Lake, Washington. The tail-sitter air vehicle has a fixed-wing and a pair of 2m-diameter counter-rotating propellers coupled to a 30kW (40shp) ...

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