Alan Boyle<p>Skeptics laughed when the founders of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Outbound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outbound</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aerospace</span></a> told them they planned to build a new type of blended-wing airplane using innovative manufacturing technologies. Now Seattle-based Outbound has flown its first small-scale prototype. <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2025/outbound-aerospace-test-flight-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">geekwire.com/2025/outbound-aer</span><span class="invisible">ospace-test-flight-funding/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STeVe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STeVe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aviation</span></a></p>