Vertical Aerospace makes first public eVTOL transition flight
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FIRST SEEN20 Jul, 17:19Vertical Aerospace makes first public eVTOL transition flight
Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company pioneering electric aviation, made history by completing the first public electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flight at Farnborough International Airshow, switching from helicopter mode to airplane mode and back again. At 1:46PM local time, in front of a global audience of aerospace leaders, regulators, operators and media, Simon Davies, Vertical’s
HeliHub•Gwen Wilson
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British electric aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has made aviation history at the Farnborough International Airshow by completing the first public electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) transition flight at the event. The landmark demonstration saw the company’s full-scale VX4 prototype successfully transition from vertical take-off into wingborne forward flight before [read more]
UK Aviation News•Nick Harding