Work Being Done In Md. To Get Aircraft Of The Future Off The Ground

CALVERT CO., Md. (WJZ) — A small group of engineers have been working away in a hanger at a rural airport in Calvert County in order to get an aircraft that looks like a ribbon in the wind off the ground.
A start-up company called HopFlyt is working on an aircraft it calls the Venturi.
It has 16 electric motors and propellers powered by batteries and tilt-wing technology, allowing it to take off and land like a helicopter and fly like a plane.
It is specifically designed to fly over heavy