Airbus’ Racer hybrid helicopter and airplane demonstrator took its first test flight. It promises fast travel for first responders.
Airbus has a new aircraft that’s half helicopter and half airplane, designed to speed up flight times for emergency responders. The company calls it the Racer: it has wings like a plane, forward-facing rotors, plus top helicopter blades that seriously make it look like a baby of two aircraft. Today, Airbus is sharing its one-off working demonstration model of the Racer in France’s southern port city of Marseille for the first time, Reuters reports.
“They were able to see Racer in flight and then on static display,” Petiard said. The European Union’s Clean Sky 2 program encourages development of lower-emission air transport and is meant to keep Europe’s aeronautical industry globally competitive. The project’s head, Julien Guitton, said people are interested in high speeds, but not at the price of negative environmental impact.
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