A student at the University of Toronto has made aviation history with the world's first human-powered ornithopter: Called the Snowbird, it's a flapping-winged aircraft that managed continuous flight.

A Swedish engineer has created this wonky, flying contraption, made from eight gas-powered propellers, a small tube frame, an open seat and an R/C controller. Is it a manned drone aircraft? A ...

”This is a machine for walking like an Egyptian. This one crunches apples like Catherine Deneuve. And that’s a spit for roasting Joan of Arc.” In its 100-year existence, Paris’s majestic Grand Palais ...

Feast your peepers on the "Streetwing," a contraption dreamt up by a chap named Dezső Molnár, residing, naturally, in the land of dreams and questionable decisions: Los Angeles, California. The name ...

BOSTON (AP) — Amateur aviators will have a chance to launch their homemade flying contraptions over the Charles River in Boston this weekend. Energy drink maker Red Bull is hosting its first Flugtag ...

Get ready to flap those wings, North Texas - the Red Bull Flugtag is returning to Levy Event Plaza at Lake Carolyn in Las Colinas on Saturday, Sept. 13, from noon to 5 p.m. Teams of five - one daring ...

The availability of cheap and powerful RC motors and electronics has made it possible for almost anyone to build an RC flying machine. Software is usually the bigger challenge, which has led to the ...