Archer Aviation today announced the completion of Midnight’s city-to-city roundtrip flight between Salinas and Hollister, CA – the first stop on the company’s ‘No Roads’ flight tour.
“Midnight completed the round trip between Salinas Municipal Airport and Hollister Municipal Airport in roughly 12 minutes each way, which by comparison can each take ~40 minutes or more by car,” said the company in a press release. “The all-electric aircraft reached speeds of 125 mph, cruised at 3,550 feet, and covered over 40 miles roundtrip. The flight comes days after Archer launched its plans for its ‘No Roads’ flight tour and follows a stretch of more than 70 completed test flights in August, including Midnight’s piloted roundtrip journey between Salinas Municipal Airport and Monterey Regional Airport.”
The tour is now set to continue in the coming weeks across Northern California with planned flights to Monterey, San Martin, San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco. Working closely with the FAA and state and local partners, flights are then planned the Los Angeles area and conducting operations under the White House’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) in Texas, Florida and New York.
“On Friday, Midnight flew between two California communities in a fraction of the time the trip would take by car. That’s the point of the ‘No Roads’ tour: bring Midnight to cities across America, fly real routes, and build the operational muscle for eIPP operations and LA28 alongside the FAA. Every route we fly makes the next one easier. By the time the world comes to LA for the Games, people will be ready for it,” said Adam Goldstein, Founder and CEO of Archer.
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