Flight Completed During Developmental Flight Testing

Joby Aero, has achieved an important milestone in the development of its aircraft, flying a full-size prototype vehicle more than 150 miles on a single charge, including a vertical take-off and landing. The flight was completed at Joby’s Electric Flight Base in Big Sur, CA earlier this month as part of the company’s ongoing flight test campaign. The aircraft, piloted from the ground by Joby’s Chief Test Pilot, Justin Paines, took off vertically before transitioning to forward flight and completing 11 laps of a predefined circuit. After more than 1 hour and 17 minutes in the air, the aircraft landed vertically, having covered a total distance of 154.6 statute miles.

There Is Also A 19 Seat Passenger Version In The Works

It slices! It dices! It can host a huge tailgating party! And it will give FedEx a sorely needed feeder aircraft that can haul a whopping three tons of cargo. Sporting the largest cargo door in its class of aircraft, Cessna showed off its new twin-turboprop Sky Courier 408 cargo bird specifically designed to be FedEx Express' new feeder bird, for which FedEx entered into a purchase agreement with Te. If you thought it would be just another Caravan on steroids, think again. It is a clean sheet design and it is impressive. The cargo deck can accomodate three standard LD3 containers. This type of container is available in normal and refrigerated configurations.