Flight testing

Archer rolls out first Midnight aircraft as it prepares for planned flight later this year

Jason Pritchard11 May 2023

Archer has today (Thursday) announced it has completed the final assembly of its first Midnight aircraft. It will now undergo a series of ground tests, leading up to its planned first flight this summer. With final assembly and initial testing co...

VIDEO: Horizon Aircraft completes wind tunnel transition flight testing with its Cavorite X5 50% prototype

Jason Pritchard6 April 2023

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Archer shares detailed overview after its Midnight aircraft undergoes six-week wind tunnel campaign

Jason Pritchard31 March 2023

Like many eVTOL OEMs in this space, Archer is continuing to ramp up its efforts with its own aircraft, Midnight. The company has announced significant milestones in recent months and its mission is to launch commercial operations in 2024. In its ...

VIDEO: Lilium’s Phoenix 2 tech demonstrator reaches maximum speed of more than 155 mph

Jason Pritchard27 March 2023

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VIDEO: AutoFlight completes world’s longest eVTOL flight with its Generation 4 ‘Prosperity I’ aircraft

Jason Pritchard3 March 2023

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VIDEO: Archer’s demonstrator eVTOL aircraft Maker achieves first transition to full wing-borne flight

Jason Pritchard2 December 2022

Archer's Maker eVTOL demonstrator aircraft has successfully completed its first transition to full wing borne flight. The full transition milestone was achieved on November 29th, with Maker’s tilt propellers locked in cruise position for the firs...

Volocopter’s VoloConnect eVTOL aircraft completes first flight in its latest milestone

Jason Pritchard7 June 2022

Volocopter has announced its VoloConnect fixed-winged passenger aircraft completed its first flight last month at the UP Summit, an annual gathering of leaders in transportation innovation hosted by investment firm UP Partners. Voloco...

LIFT Aircraft awarded Phase III contract through Agility Prime to continue flight testing its HEXA eVTOL ultralight

Jason Pritchard8 April 2022

LIFT Aircraft has been awarded a Phase 3 contract through the USAF’s Agility Prime Program, to continue experimentation and flight testing around HEXA, LIFT’s all-electric, single-seat eVTOL aircraft. Since 2020, LIFT Aircraft has conducted fligh...

Lilium heads to Spain and begins next phase of flight testing with fifth generation demonstrator

Jason Pritchard5 April 2022

Lilium has begun the next phase of flight testing in Spain with its fifth generation technology demonstrator, Phoenix 2. Over the coming months at the ATLAS Flight Test Centre, located in Villacarrillo, southern Spain, Lilium plans to exten...

Andrew Strachan appointed Lilium’s Chief Test Pilot as fifth generational demonstrator arrives in Spain to continue flight testing

Jason Pritchard28 January 2022

Lilium has confirmed one of its fifth-generation technology demonstrators - known as PHX2 - has arrived at the ATLAS Flight Test Center in Spain, where the company will continue its flight test campaign at higher speeds and over longer distances. ...

Bellwether Industries releases first free flight footage of its half-scale Volar prototype

Jason Pritchard14 January 2022

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VIDEO: Bellwether Industries reveals first flight test footage of its half-scale Volar prototype

Jason Pritchard12 January 2022

Urban air mobility startup Bellwether Industries has released a video of a free-flight test of its half-scale eVTOL Volar model. The company came out of stealth mode last year and made its public debut at London's DroneX/Helitech in October and t...

Joby Aviation adds second pre-production prototype eVTOL aircraft to help accelerate flight testing in 2022

Jason Pritchard6 January 2022

Joby Aviation has confirmed it received FAA Special Airworthiness Certification and US Air Force Airworthiness Approval for a second pre-production prototype aircraft last month, as expected. The first pre-production prototype generated 65 teraby...

Archer bolsters Flight Control and Software team as it prepares for first test flight later this year

Jason Pritchard26 November 2021

Archer has put together its Flight Control and Software team as the company ramps up to its first flight later this year. It will be led by Serigo Ferreira, who brings two decades of experience developing, integrating, validating, verifying and c...

Six EHang 216 AAVs conduct simultaneous trial flights

Jason Pritchard25 November 2021

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Astro Aerospace’s leadership team provide feedback since airing first flight video of its Cavorite X5 prototype

Jason Pritchard18 October 2021

Those who attended eVTOL Insights' last virtual networking event at the end of September will have seen first time footage of Astro Aerospace's Cavorite X5 prototype flying. The aircraft is being developed by Horizon Aircraft but following the co...

How to flight test an eVTOL race vehicle: Alauda Aeronautics taking flight

Jason Pritchard18 October 2021

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NASA adds new partners to its National Campaign, with the first phase of flight testing to begin next year

Jason Pritchard13 July 2021

Thirteen companies and one university have signed agreements with NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility project’s National Campaign, as it continues to work towards integrating air taxis, cargo delivery aircraft and other new air vehicle ...

Wisk to launch first-of-its-kind transport trial for autonomous eVTOL aircraft in New Zealand, set to begin later this year

Jason Pritchard31 March 2021

Wisk is making final preparations for its transport trial in New Zealand, which will help advance autonomous eVTOL passenger transport under the Government’s broader Airspace Integration Trial Programme (AITP). In February 2020, Wisk signed a mem...