NASA's Puffin Is a Stealthy, Personal Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.19.2010 at 5:41 pm 21 Comments

NASA's Puffin Aircraft:  NASA Langley/Analytical Mechanics Associates

What's cooler than a hover-capable, electric-powered, super-quiet personal VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft? If you answered "absolutely nothing," do read on, because NASA is preparing to oblige you. The space agency's Puffin aircraft design will be officially unveiled tomorrow, showing just how far personal, electrically propelled flight could change the ways we live and get around. [ Read Full Story ]