This odd-looking helicopter was designed for speed

A strange helicopter has been making test flights in the south of France. Built by French company Airbus Helicopters, it looks a bit like what would happen if a regular helicopter and an airplane merged into a single aircraft. It’s called Racer, and its goal is to go faster than a regular helicopter can.  Racer took to the sky for the first time on April 25, and it has since made multiple test flights. During the fifth flight, on June 3, which lasted two hours, Racer hit a speed of...