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November 19, 2024

Airborne-NextGen 11.19.24: 1st Flt-Alia CX300, Skydweller, New Glenn Rocket

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Beta Technologies recently sent the first production-representative Alia CX300 up for its debut flight. The electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) aircraft is the first to come off the manufacturer’s new production line in South Burlington, Vermont. The aircraft, N916LF, was flown by Beta founder and CEO Kyle Clark. He took the CX300 up to around 7,000 feet to complete “handling qualities evaluation, stability and control test points and initial airspeed expansion prior to flying several approaches and a normal landing,” Beta stated. Skydweller Aero recently completed a series of uncrewed autonomous test flights, the



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