Pilot Tours Archer Aviation’s ‘Secret’ Flight Test Location

A week after Archer Aviation’s first hover test of its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, the eVTOL company posted a short video with a pilot offering his analysis of the flight.

Thom Patterson

Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 12:16 PM ET

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In a new video, a pilot tours Archer Aviation’s flight test facility. [Courtesy: Archer Aviation]

Key Takeaways:

Archer Aviation successfully completed the first hover test of its Maker eVTOL aircraft on December 16, marking a significant development milestone.
The company released a video featuring pilot Trent Palmer, who offered his analysis of the "flawless" flight and explored the Maker aircraft.
The video included insights from Archer's flight test and certification leads on the aircraft's design, control unit, and plans for type-certification by 2022 and service entry by 2024.

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A week after Archer Aviation’s (NYSE:ACHR) first hover test of its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, the eVTOL company posted a short video with a pilot offering his analysis of the flight.

Featured on Archer’s YouTube channel, the video shows bush pilot and aviation enthusiast Trent Palmer exploring the unique 12-tilt-6 configuration aircraft, called Maker. He is shown speaking briefly with the head of the aircraft’s flight-test program and the chief of Archer’s certification process.