eVTOL aircraft – 2018

eVTOL aircraft – 2018 Vertical Aerospace (https://www.vertical-aerospace.com) is building technology to revolutionise how people fly, with the ultimate aim of making intercity air travel personal, on-demand and carbon free. The Bristol-based startup has built and flown the UK’s first full scale fully electric vertical take off and landing aircraft. Its unmanned technology demonstrator aircraft weighs 750kg and flew across Cotswold…

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Kitty Hawk, the mysterious flying-car startup

Kitty Hawk says the Flyer is “easy to fly” but recommends professional training. Because it’s powered by motors rather than internal combustion engines, Kitty Hawk says the Flyer will be significantly quieter than other ultralight aircraft. APPLY FOR A FOUNDERSERIES FLYER Kitty Hawk, the mysterious flying-car startup funded by the Google cofounder Larry Page Larry Page’s newest flying car is fit for one and operated by joystick…

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