Abstract: A hover aircraft employs an air impeller engine having an air channel duct and a rotor with outer ends of its blades fixed to an annular impeller disk that is driven by magnetic induction elements arrayed in the air channel duct. The air-impeller engine is arranged vertically in the aircraft frame to provide vertical thrust for vertical takeoff and landing. Preferably, the air-impeller engine employs dual, coaxial, contra-rotating rotors for increased thrust and gyroscopic stability. An air vane assembly directs a portion of the air thrust output at a desired angle to provide a horizontal thrust component for flight maneuvering or translation movement. The aircraft can employ a single engine in an annular fuselage, two engines on a longitudinal fuselage chassis, three engines in a triangular arrangement for forward flight stability, or other multiple engine arrangements in a symmetric, balanced configuration.

Abstract: Unusual Flying Object (UFO) with Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities including foward flight with a quiet electric, battery powered, Linear Induction Magnetic Bearings (LINB) power drive used for, manned or unmanned, small cargo tansport, recreational vehicle or aerial surveillance; aerial reconnaissance, coastal surveillance, law enforcement, traffic management, estate or park patrol, geographical or geological survey, border or pipeline patrol, communications relay platform, search and rescue, media coverage support. The invention is capable of imodifications in various respects, all without departing fron the invention Accordingly, the drawings and the description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.