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Electric air taxi manufacturer Joby Aviation completed its first piloted transition flights, demonstrating its ability to shift from vertical takeoff to forward cruise and back.

Texas A&M will lead a new FAA center advancing drone and air taxi technologies.

Archer Aviation and United Airlines plan to launch electric air taxis in NYC, cutting airport travel times to just five minutes.

‘Fuji Phil’ McLanahan helped rescue a forgotten project, then bought the finished product.

Conventional design landed at 82 airports across the U.S.

According to a Honeywell survey, the overwhelming majority of U.S. frequent fliers would take an electric air taxi. The survey, reported in the Robb Report online news service, is seen as a significant boost to the electric vertical takeoff and land (eVTOL) industry. The survey projects that 65% of millennials are comfortable with the idea […]

An all-women crew will take flight for Blue Origin’s 31st mission, the company announced Thursday.   Lauren Sánchez, a pilot, journalist and fiancé to the company’s founder Jeff Bezos, will head the mission. Sanchez will be joined by journalist Gayle King, singer Katy Perry, bioastronautics scientist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and […]

EVTOL hopeful Lilium has all but thrown in the towel with a second insolvency filing that will likely be its last, according to a company statement. “As the funding options to secure Lilium’s future have not materialized in time, Lilium Aerospace has filed for insolvency today,” the company said. “While talks about alternative solutions are […]

eVTOL manufacturer Archer Aviation has received Part 141 Federal Aviation Administration approval to begin flight training operations—a key milestone as the company advances toward commercial air taxi services with its Midnight aircraft. “With this certificate, Archer can now train and qualify pilots as part of its newly launched training academy, with plans to build a […]

Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer and the last known surviving U.S. Olympic swimmer from the 1936 Berlin Games, passed away at age 104 last week. According to the New York Times, after competing in the games where she finished fourth in her 100m breaststroke heat in Berlin, Critchell turned her attention to another passion—aviation. […]