Name: Horizon’s Cavorite X7 Hybrid-electric Aircraft Offers a Different VTOL Recipe
Uploaded: 2026-04-30T19:06:30.000Z
Description: Fans inside the wings and a turboprop engine make this VTOL airplane stand out.

Canadian start-up Horizon Aircraft is building a technology demonstrator for its hybrid-electric Cavorite X7 VTOL model. The company’s senior vice president, Phil Kelly, explained to AIN’s Matt Thurber what he thinks sets it apart from other new and existing aircraft, and how inspiration came from Lockheed Martin F-35B fighters landing on aircraft carriers.

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Horizon Cavorite X7 Hybrid-electric Aircraft Offers a Different VTOL Recipe

Fans inside the wings and a turboprop engine make this VTOL airplane stand out.

Horizon’s Cavorite X7 Hybrid-electric Aircraft Offers a Different VTOL Recipe

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