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The first flight of Eviation’s electric commuter test article—dubbed Alice—could take place within days, CEO Omer Bar-Yohay told FLYING on Monday.  “I’m having a hard time committing to a date for first flight,” Bar-Yohay said in an email, “but I can say that we are about 5 to 6 [nice weather] testing days away from […]

Although the fledgling electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) industry faces a long path to aircraft certification and entering service, avionics giants are already defining the future of this new aviation sector.  No pressure. They’re just taking on the challenge of merging electronics and visual displays—across flight controls, navigation, communication, fuel systems, and threat detection—for […]

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.

On December 20, 1941, an all-volunteer group of American mercenary pilots took on Japanese bombers in their first air combat mission to protect China.  By day’s end, the American Volunteer Group (AVG)—better known as the “Flying Tigers”—would go on to down nine out of 10 Japanese bombers in the first of many air battles in […]

The aircraft—dubbed Maker—flew at Archer’s California testing facility on December 16 after months of development and preparation.

The first flight of the Douglas DC-3 series turned modern air transport into reality.

The Wright brothers’ first flight isn’t the only aviation happening that occurred on December 17.

U.K.-based air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has officially become a publicly traded company, following its merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp.

Each new year presents an opportunity to review the last 12 months. Like our editor in 2020, 2021 saw me receive the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for a half-century of flawless flying. Okay, it wasn’t truly flawless, but nothing got bent. As I review this period, I am somewhat amazed at the metamorphosis […]

The FAA has inspected Archer Aviation’s prototype electric air taxi program, authorizing a special airworthiness certificate, clearing the way for its first hover test flight.