Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium Phoenix 2 demonstrator “achieves full transition from hover to wing-borne flight”

According to a shareholder letter from Lilium CEO Klaus Roewe1 “Our technology demonstrator, Phoenix 2, has recently achieved another industry first for an electric jet aircraft, performing at ~100 kt full transition from hover to […]

Air taxis and personal transports

UMILES Next air taxi concept “completes successful test flights in Toulouse”

As part of the TindAIR programme (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/latest-news-and-information/european-tindair-research-consortium-shares-results-following-large-scale-demonstrations/), UMILES “Next’s Concept Integrity” air taxi, equipped with TECNALIA’s FlyFree technology, completed successful test flights in Toulouse, taking off from the Onera Test Field, according to the company. […]

Cargo and logistics

Sabrewing’s Rhaegel “achieves first hover flight with record-setting payload”

Sabrewing Aircraft Company has announced today that its RH-1-A “Rhaegal” (pronounced “Rye-gull”) VTOL air cargo drone had achieved its first hover flight while lifting a record-setting payload. “This pre-production air vehicle, also known as the […]

Air taxis and personal transports

FlyBlade India and Eve Air Mobility announce order for 200 eVTOLs and service launch in India

FlyBlade India, a joint venture between Hunch Ventures and Blade Air Mobility, Inc and Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) has announced today a strategic partnership which includes a non-binding order of up to 200 electric vertical […]