FAA Acting Administrator, Billy Nolen, and Director of Certification, Lirio Liu, along with others from the FAA visited Archer Headquarters recently as the company seeks to certify its Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

AIR reached this milestone five months after completing successful hover flight testing, keeping it on track to deliver the first batch of its inaugural eVTOL, AIR ONE, for personal ownership in late 2024.

Joby Aviation formed a partnership with Aviation High School in New York City to prepare the next generation of aircraft maintenance technicians and aerospace leaders for career opportunities created by the electric age of flight.

CAE’s many expanding competencies now include its leadership position in the evolving eVTOL training market. Chris Courtney, Director of Advanced Air Mobility for Civil Aviation at the company, said CAE has five training partnerships with eVTOL OEMs to include Joby, Jaunt, Vertical Aerospace, Volocopter and Beta.

Archer Aviation Inc. publicly unveiled its production aircraft, Midnight, a pilot-plus-four-passenger electric vertical take-off landing aircraft during its Open House event in Palo Alto, California.

Halldale Group Editor Marty Kauchak surveys early developments in the US DoD’s eVTOL pilot training activities.  

Pipistrel has made its first delivery to Canada of its all-electric, two-seater aircraft, the Velis Electro.

At the National Business Aviation Association convention in Orlando, CAT’s Chuck Weirauch interviewed Tony LaCorte, Director of External Affairs for Textron eAviation.