Aircraft
VTOL Hopeful Makes EBACE Debut
UK-based Samad Aerospace looks to build the world's fastest civilian VTOL.

UK-based startup airframer Samad Aerospace, which is making its EBACE debut, recently launched its Starling line of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. At its booth (J100) it is displaying a flying scale prototype of its blended-wing concept, which uses fans integrated into its fuselage for lift, as well as a pair of aft tilting fans that provide forward thrust.