Vertical Aerospace To Begin Crewed, Thrust-borne Test Flights

The VX4 can carry a pilot and four passengers up to 100 mi. (161 km) with a cruising speed of 150 mph.

Credit: Vertical Aerospace
Vertical Aerospace said it will begin conducting crewed thrust-borne test flights of its full-scale VX4 prototype, part of an effort to validate and refine the design of the four-passenger electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi. Bristol, UK-based Vertical recently concluded a series...
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