Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL)
AAIB releases eVTOL VA-1X Kemble accident report
On May 2, 2024 the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) published a report into the August 9, 2023 accident involving Vertical Aerospace VA-1X G-EVTL at Cotswold Airport (Kemble) in Gloucestershire.
USAF welcomes first Joby Aviation eVTOL to Edwards AFB
The USAF’s Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force (ET-ITF) took delivery of its first experiment electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at Edwards AFB, California, on September 25
Archer Aviation to supply Midnight eVTOLs to the USAF
California-based start-up Archer Aviation Inc has entered into contracts worth up to $142m with the US Department of Defense that includes the supply of up to six Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to the USAF
Embraer's Eve Air Mobility: everything you need to know
Best known for its E-Jet portfolio, Embraer has its eyes on the next-generation of flying machines. Andreas Spaeth reports from Brazil on the company’s Eve Air Mobility subsidiary, a frontrunner in the emerging eVTOL scene
Is United Airlines risking everything with record-breaking orders?
Pandemic? What pandemic? United Airlines has spent the past three years on a charge to reinvent itself. In doing so, the carrier has taken some of the biggest bets in its 97-year history, as Chris Sloan details
Aviation sustainability: Why United Airlines is very optimistic
From eVTOLs to the supersonic Boom aircraft: United Airlines has no shortage of pioneering projects in the pipeline. Richard Schuurman catches up with Lauren Riley, its chief sustainability officer, to learn more.
Vertical Aerospace VX4: the eVTOL with $5bn in pre-orders
The first maiden flight of a brand new UK-designed and built aircraft in more than two decades took place in September. Mark Broadbent reports on a major milestone for eVTOL experts Vertical Aerospace and its VX4
Fly in the ointment? New regs vs the EVTOL
What impact will recently announced changes to pilot training requirements have on the rise of the eVTOL?
Urban Air Mobility: key players, technology and challenges
Urban Air Mobility is one of the most rapidly developing segments in aviation. Mark Broadbent look at who’s doing what, the technology involved and the challenges confronting the fledgling sector
eVTOL: Big in Japan
Long known as a lover of all things technical, Japan is the latest country to catch the attention of ambitious eV TOL developers, reports Tom Batchelor