It’s been a long and arduous journey, but after decades for some and only a few years for others, aircraft manufacturers are closer than ever to achieving their goals of finding the perfect balance of size, speed, and design that will usher humanity into the next phase of air travel. Whether it’s a futuristic suborbital aircraft capable of exceeding 15,000 mph or an entirely electric-powered flying hotel, these are just a handful of the aircrafts that could take to the skies in the relatively near future.
Million Dollar Future Aircraft Soon Hitting The Skies
Zunum’s hybrid-electric aircraft
Production Company: Zunum Aero
Feature: Hybrid
EST. Cost of Production: >$4 Million*
Commuters in the United States have previously been denied the ability to easily fly between tiny towns. Zunum Aero, founded in 2013 and supported by Boeing and JetBlue Technology, built an aircraft to help alleviate the longer-than-necessary journeys that travelers have been forced to endure. Zunum sought to fly passengers up to 700 miles to any of America’s 15,000+ airports, and was designed to leave a small ecological footprint by switching totally to an electric vehicle once the right battery technology was created. Unfortunately, Zunum Aero did not see its vision realized, as the aircraft manufacturer went bankrupt in 2019.
Zunum’s Hybrid Electric Aircraft
