Wisk Aero Completes Groundbreaking Air Taxi Demonstration at Oshkosh

The Boeing-owned eVTOL manufacturer showed off its Generation 5 demonstrator to hundreds of attendees at EAA AirVenture.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 02:14 PM ET

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Wisk’s four-seater Generation 6 air taxi, which the company is designing for FAA certification. [Courtesy: Wisk Aero]

Key Takeaways:

Wisk Aero, Boeing’s air taxi division, publicly demonstrated the world's first fully autonomous, fixed-wing, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi flight at EAA AirVenture.
The demonstration showcased the pilotless aircraft's complete autonomy, performing complex maneuvers and transitions silently, operated with a single button press.
Wisk plans to certify its 4-seat, autonomous Generation 6 eVTOL for commercial service by the end of the decade, although its novel fully autonomous technology may present unique FAA certification challenges.

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If you’re one of the 600,000-plus aviation enthusiasts attending EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this week, you may have witnessed something that has never been seen before.

At the air show Wednesday, Wisk Aero, the air taxi arm of Boeing, flew what it says is the world’s first public demonstration of a fully autonomous, fixed-wing, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. The demo featured Wisk’s Generation 5 technology demonstrator, wowing a crowd of hundreds as it hovered, spun, and zipped through the air in near silence.