eHeli Achieves A Historic Airport-To-Airport Cross-Country Flight
Tier 1 Engineering, in cooperation with its collaborator Lung Biotechnology PBC, has successfully completed a flight between Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, near Coachella, and Palm Springs International Airport on October 29, 2022 at 1100 PST, the first helicopter flight between airfields solely by electric power. The flight from Jacqueline Cochran to Palm Springs equals the 21nm distance of the first commercial helicopter flight across the English Channel on September 25, 1947.