2 thoughts on “120th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight

  1. Related: Hill Helicopter seems to be making progress on their sleek $760k HX50 with 5 seats + 140kts + FADEC turbine + digital cockpit + autopilot. They’ve got fully assembled fuselage, but haven’t yet fired up the new engine:

    https://youtu.be/zPtgxj1Yu-s?t=421

    • Hill Helicopter is thus in the same situation as Eclipse was. Their design and cost advantage depends on an innovative new engine, but the new engine isn’t working. (Eclipse ultimately switched to a conventional, though small, turbojet engine. The cost skyrocketed and the range plummeted.)

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