A previously unknown company in Santa Clara, California, has signed a three-year agreement with NASA to help develop its single-passenger "personal" vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Millennium Jet completed the first test flight of its SoloTrek Exo-Skeletor Flying Vehicle in April. The machine has been under development secretly for more than three years..
Powered by a new 97kW (130shp) four-cylinder, two-cycle engine, the SoloTrek can carry one person at 78kt (130km/h). "Lift and thrust comes from a pair of ducted fans mounted on either side of the flying station, above and behind the pilot," says the company.
Source: Flight International
