Vertiports

Germany funds research to make Ingolstadt/Manching “the centre of European AAM industry”

The German Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing has agreed the funding of EUR 2.1 million for the “FlyingIN2Air” project researching vertiport operations in Ingolstadt/Manching. According to a press release: “To integrate AAM into the intermodal […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium Phoenix 2 demonstrator “achieves full transition from hover to wing-borne flight”

According to a shareholder letter from Lilium CEO Klaus Roewe1 “Our technology demonstrator, Phoenix 2, has recently achieved another industry first for an electric jet aircraft, performing at ~100 kt full transition from hover to […]

Air taxis and personal transports

UMILES Next air taxi concept “completes successful test flights in Toulouse”

As part of the TindAIR programme (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/latest-news-and-information/european-tindair-research-consortium-shares-results-following-large-scale-demonstrations/), UMILES “Next’s Concept Integrity” air taxi, equipped with TECNALIA’s FlyFree technology, completed successful test flights in Toulouse, taking off from the Onera Test Field, according to the company. […]

Cargo and logistics

Sabrewing’s Rhaegel “achieves first hover flight with record-setting payload”

Sabrewing Aircraft Company has announced today that its RH-1-A “Rhaegal” (pronounced “Rye-gull”) VTOL air cargo drone had achieved its first hover flight while lifting a record-setting payload. “This pre-production air vehicle, also known as the […]