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February 07, 2018

Airborne 02.07.18: Vahana eVTOL Flies!, PAL-V Production Model, FAA Comprehensive Testing

Also: FAA IG Audits Airlines, Unicycle Stolen at Airport, HorseFly Patent, Fokker Aircraft Transactions

Vahana, the all electric, self-piloted, VTOL aircraft from Airbus, has announced the successful completion of its first full-scale flight test, reaching a height of 16 feet before descending safely. The test was completed at 8:52AM Pacific on January 31, 2018 at the Pendleton UAS Range in Pendleton, OR. Its first flight, with a duration of 53 seconds, was fully self-piloted and the vehicle completed a second flight the following day. Vahana is a project developed at the Silicon Valley outpost of Airbus. Vahana aims to democratize personal flight and answer the growing need for urban mobility by leveraging the latest technologies in electric propulsion,

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