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, a significant development milestone achieved six months after its design was unveiled.
The company released a video featuring pilot Trent Palmer, who analyzed the "flawless" flight and provided a look at the Maker aircraft, its mobile control unit, and insights from Archer's flight test and certification leads.
Archer plans to type-certificate a production version of the Maker by 2022 and enter service by 2024, aiming to be a major player in the emerging eVTOL industry for urban air mobility.

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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.