An aircraft having two or more pairs of airfoils, each airfoil having an embedded vertical thruster. The vertical thrusters provide sufficient lift to permit the aircraft to perform vertical takeoffs and landings. The aircraft has two or more horizontal thrusters which accelerate the aircraft to a speed at which the airfoils provide most or all of the lift required to maintain altitude. In horizontal flight, the vertical thrusters may operate at a reduced power level, sufficient to control the orientation of the aircraft.