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Joby J208 converted Cessna Caravan flying over the San Francisco skyline and bay

Technology

Joby Flew 3,199 Miles With Zero Pilot Input, in a Cessna Caravan

Joby flew a converted Cessna Caravan 3,199 miles across the US with zero pilot inputs, supervised remotely from California and Shaw Air Force Base.

Haye KestelooSep 18

Electra EL-2 hybrid-electric demonstrator N301EL banking in flight above clouds, showing its eight wing-mounted propellers

Technology

Electra CEO Keynotes Ohio Air Mobility Forum, EL9 Not Flying Yet

NAAMCE hosts its fifth advanced air mobility forum in Springfield on October 15, with Electra CEO Marc Allen keynoting a day about reaching production.

Haye KestelooSep 15

eVTOL

Wisk Builds Hollister Vertiport to Write FAA Rules That Don't Exist Yet

Wisk broke ground on a 100-foot test vertiport at a California airport. The FAA has had no vertiport design circular since 2010.

Haye KestelooAug 26

Joby Aviation N545JX in flight over the East River during the New York City demonstration campaign

China

Volkswagen Washed Out Of China's Air Taxi Race While America Builds An $8.3 Million Test Range

Reuters obtained the internal file on Volkswagen's failed V.MO air taxi. No ban touched it and no trade restriction blocked it. VW lost a footrace, and the infrastructure gap behind that loss is the number the US drone industry should be reading.

Haye KestelooAug 1

eVTOL

Orlando Airport Greenlights eVTOL Pad, Awaits FAA Sign-Off

Orlando International Airport approved development of an eVTOL vertistop near its train station, putting demonstration air taxi flights within reach if the FAA signs off and construction stays on track.

Rafael SuárezJul 18

DJI

DJI EV50 Debuts As Company’s First EVTOL Delivery Drone With A 29,072-Foot Everest Flight And No Word On When You Can Buy One

DJI revealed its first eVTOL delivery drone today, the DJI EV50, and it announced the aircraft’s existence by disclosing that it already flew to 29,072 feet (8,861 meters) on the north side of Mount Everest. The fixed-wing cargo aircraft carried ozone-measuring equipment for Peking University researchers over a 12-day campaign in the Qomolangma National Nature…

Haye KestelooJul 9

Joby Aviation's Manhattan Demo Closes Quieter Than I Expected: A Witness Account From Blade Lounge East

Department of Transportation

FAA Breaks Ground On $8.3 Million V-PAR Range While The eVTOLs It Will Study Are Already Flying

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation broke ground on June 25 on the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Procedures and Analysis Range, or V-PAR, at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City. The roughly $8.3 million facility gives the agency its first dedicated range for studying how electric and hybrid vertical…

Haye KestelooJul 6

Amazon

Drone Nerds Adds RigiTech Eiger for 62-Mile Delivery

XTI Aerospace’s Drone Nerds division added the RigiTech Eiger, a long-range delivery drone rated for 62 miles (100 km) per mission, to its enterprise portfolio. The Swiss-built aircraft takes off vertically, flies like a fixed-wing plane, and needs no runway. For a company that shelved a six-passenger air taxi in February to go all-in on…

Rafael SuárezJun 25

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