An Air One test demonstrator during hover tests last month in Israel. [Courtesy: Air]
Key Takeaways:
Israeli eVTOL developer Air has successfully completed hover tests for its Air One prototype, demonstrating full control and stability.
Air is uniquely focused on personal air mobility for the consumer market, rather than commercial air taxi services.
The all-electric, two-seat Air One boasts a range of 177 km (110 sm), a top speed of 135 knots (155 mph), and can fully recharge in an hour, designed for daily commuting.
The company plans full flight testing throughout 2022, aims for consumer deliveries by 2024, and has already received over 150 orders.
Israeli electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Air has completed hover tests with its Air One prototype demonstrator, the company announced Tuesday.
Two weeks of hover tests began last month in northern Israel and the aircraft performed as expected, with “full control and stability,” Air said.
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Jonathan Welsh is Lead Editor of Aviation Consumer and a private pilot who worked as a reporter, editor and columnist with the Wall Street Journal for 21 years, mostly covering the auto industry. His passion for aviation began in childhood with balsa-wood gliders his aunt would buy for him at the corner store. Follow Jonathan on Twitter @JonathanWelsh4
