EHang, the aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, announced in a press release that it had performed the first passenger-carrying AAV demonstration flight at the
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200th eVTOL concept added to world directory
by Michael Willoughby The Vertical Flight Society (VFS) recently added the 200th electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept to its online World eVTOL
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Volocopter Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Jan-Hendrik Boelens, predicts the first air taxi route will be opening in the next two to five years. In an
Read moreUAM market will hit USD15.2 billion by 2030, says new study
by Michael Willoughby The urban air mobility (UAM) market is projected to grow from USD5.3 billion in 2018 to USD15.2 billion by 2030, at a
Read moreVolocopter will show prototype of VoloPort in Singapore next month
by Michael Willoughby Volocopter, manufacturer of the “world’s first purely electric flying multicopter” is set to display a full-scale prototype of its VoloPort at the
Read more“Has EASA jumped the gun with its SC-VTOL conditions?” – Mike Hirschberg, Verticle Flight Society Executive Director
This commentary was originally published in the September/Octoctober 2019 issue of the Vertical Flight Society’s Vertiflite magazine and is republished with permission. The Vertical Flight Society has
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by Michael Willoughby Uber’s plans to launch a drone delivery service in San Diego this summer have been delayed after the company failed to get
Read moreLondon Drugs, Canada Post and InDro Robotics successfully test Drone delivery of emergency medications over Pacific Ocean
by Michael Willoughby Canada Post, in partnership with London Drugs and InDro Robotics, successfully completed Canada’s first-ever beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight carrying pharmaceuticals via
Read moreHelsinki airport Volocopter demonstrator flight shows viability of UTM technology for complex, congested airspace
The world’s first electric air taxi flight managed by a UTM system integrated with the country’s air traffic management (ATM) system, with multiple UTM service
Read moreIn test flight, Elroy Air hovers 550kg “cargo” for over a minute
by Michael Willoughby Elroy Air, a startup specialising in heavy-lift cargo drones, has carried out a successful test flight, reports the Verge, a tech journal.
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