AIR unveils full-scale prototype of its personal eVTOL aircraft at the Kentucky Derby

AIR has announced a part­ner­ship with Aeroau­to Aero­ma­ll to assist with the 2024 roll­out of its inau­gur­al fly­ing vehi­cle for per­son­al own­er­ship, Air One.

The com­pa­ny unveiled a full-scale pro­to­type at the Ken­tucky Der­by, where it host­ed celebri­ties and VIPs, who were able to sit inside the sporty air­craft and expe­ri­ence vir­tu­al flight with AIR’s sim­u­la­tion tech­nol­o­gy. 

AIR also announced a part­ner­ship with Aeroau­to, said to be the World’s First Aero­ma­ll, to estab­lish a spe­cialised Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (UAM) vehi­cle show­room in Palm Beach Coun­ty, Flori­da. 

Air One is capa­ble of tak­ing off and land­ing on any flat sur­face, offers a range of 177 km on a sin­gle charge at speeds up to 250 km/h, and with col­lapsi­ble wings, it can be stored in most garages, dri­ve­ways, and is suit­able for trail­er hauls.

CEO and Co-founder of AIR Rani Plaut said: “Along­side Aeroau­to, the trail­blaz­ers we met at the Der­by will play a cru­cial role in gain­ing pub­lic accep­tance of per­son­al eVTOLs.”

Aeroau­to will assist in local infra­struc­ture estab­lish­ment for per­son­al EV avi­a­tion and serve as a main­te­nance provider, while Air One cus­tomers will also have access to Aeroau­to Flight Acad­e­my, equipped with flight sim­u­la­tors and class­room learn­ing.

CEO of Aeroau­to Sean Bor­man added: “It is a great hon­our to become the world’s first spe­cialised UAM vehi­cle show­room, and AIR’s advanced tech­nol­o­gy will be a great asset to the per­son­al trans­porta­tion indus­try as a whole.” 

AIR has com­plet­ed a suc­cess­ful drop test and finalised the first stage of the pow­er and com­mu­ni­ca­tion sys­tem inte­gra­tion. 

The com­pa­ny will begin hov­er test­ing short­ly, work­ing close­ly with the FAA to finalise its appli­ca­tion for Step 2 of the G1 Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Basis Doc­u­ment.

Built by vet­er­ans of the auto­mo­tive and aero­space indus­tries, AIR merges aero­space inno­va­tion and excel­lence with the matu­ri­ty of the auto­mo­tive industry’s prod­ucts and man­u­fac­tur­ing tech­niques, pro­vid­ing safe­ty, com­fort and a sense of adven­ture to every­day users.