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Why Are So Many Aviation Innovators Meeting in Arkansas?

Leaders from Airbus, Beta, Boeing, Blade, Joby, Wisk, and Volocopter are meeting in Bentonville for the annual UP.Summit.

Wisk Aero Air Taxi Demonstrator in Flight
In advance of the summit, Wisk Aero is showing off its Cora self-flying air taxi at KVBT. [File Photo: Courtesy Wisk Aero]
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Key Takeaways:

The venture capital fund UP.Partners kicked off a three-day invitation-only summit in Arkansas on Monday, including some of the biggest names in transportation innovation, including aviation.

The invitation-only UP.Summit in Bentonville is billed as an event for “innovative minds rethinking the future of transportation.” Organizers are aiming to accelerate progress toward “cleaner, faster, safer, and lower cost mobility solutions.”

Thom Patterson

Thom is a former senior editor for FLYING. Previously, his freelance reporting appeared in aviation industry magazines. Thom also spent three decades as a TV and digital journalist at CNN’s bureaus in Washington and Atlanta, eventually specializing in aviation. He has reported from air shows in Oshkosh, Farnborough and Paris. Follow Thom on Twitter @thompatterson.

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