California-based Joby Aviation is now focusing on reaching an altitude of 10,000 feet, during envelope expansion flights. [Courtesy Joby Aviation]
Key Takeaways:
Joby Aviation successfully completed the fastest eVTOL flight to date, reaching a true airspeed of 205 mph with its air taxi prototype.
This speed achievement, which meets the company's promised maximum, follows its previous milestone of the longest eVTOL flight (154.6 miles) on a single charge.
Joby recently received FAA certification for a second pre-production prototype to double flight testing capacity and is focused on addressing factors like noise footprint and infrastructure.
The company aims for FAA type certification in 2023 and plans to launch commercial eVTOL air taxi services by 2024.
California-based Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) announced Friday it has completed the “fastest flight of an [electric vertical takeoff and landing] eVTOL aircraft to date.”
The eVTOL company announced via Twitter it had achieved a true airspeed of 205 mph (178 knots) in its six-motor, tiltrotor, air taxi prototype.
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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.
