Vertical Performs Piloted Thrustborne eVTOL Flight Test Written 8 January 2025
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Vertical Aerospace VX4 testing. | Credit: Vertical Aerospace; X
Aerotime reports, “UK-based electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has become only the second company in the world to perform a piloted thrustborne flight test in a full-scale vectored thrust aircraft. The full-scale eVTOL aircraft, known as VX4, took off on January 7, 2024, with pilot Simon Davies at the controls, at the Vertical Aerospace test center at Cotswold Airport (GBA).”
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