A technician performed some post-flight check work on the Phoenix shortly after the aircraft landed.
Credit: Jens Flottau/AW&ST
The temperature in Villacarrillo, Spain, will rise to a forecast 115F later in the day—too hot for technicians to be on the apron working on the uncrewed Lilium Jet demonstrator or for pilot Antonio Gonzalez and his team to remain in the partly covered trailer parked in front of the small office...
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