Also: H3 Dynamics, Regent Seagliders, ZeroAvia, EAA-AMA Museum Deal

Archer Aviation has completed the first important hover test of their upcoming Maker aircraft, a two-seater electric VTOL.

The brief flight consisted of the company's proprietary propulsion system making its first successful lift off unassisted. The developmental mule received its FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate in Early December, the company finally moved its aircraft from the digital drawing board into the prototype phase. The Maker faces stiff competition in a market that has consistently marched onwards, only reaching hover tests this late in the game could see the tortoise v. hare adage play out in the market once again. The impressively long-lived Ingenuity, the aircraft sent under the Mars Helicopter project, has seen yet another milestone, passing the 30-minute mark for lifetime flight. The most recent 117-second sortie saw the little helo fly closer to its initial deployment point at "Wright Brothers Field" in order to meet NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after it finishes its tour of the South Séítah region of the Jezero Martian crater. ZEVA Aero has announced the start of its investment campaign for its unusual eVTOL concept, which, in a field composed entirely of varied combinations of sleekly tapered curves, bulbous cabins, and outboard rotors, still manages to stand apart from the crowd. Zeva’s work instead appears reminiscent of a large, carbon fiber sunfish flanked by a series of propellers. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unmanned!!!

Airborne-Unmanned 12.21.21 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, December 21st, 2021... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Kimberly Kay, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:

• Archer's Maker eVTOL Completes Hover Test
• Mars Helicopter Logs 30 Cumulative Minutes in Flight
• Zeva Aero Announces Unusual eVTOL Concept
• H3 Dynamics Commences UAV Hydrogen Propulsion Tests 
• Southern Airways Express Buys 20 Regent Seagliders
• ZeroAvia brings in $35M for Green Flight Tech
• EAA Museum Reciprocity with AMA Begins

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