US EditionEmbraer’s Eve Begins Electric Air Taxi Flight Tests
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The eVTOL apparatus begins in Brazil a phase of tests with a view to certification and entry into service in 2027. Eve Air Mobility, the subsidiary of electric aircraft of the Brazilian manufacturer Embraer, has made the first flight of its prototype eVTOL on a complete scale in an unmanned test at the testing facilities of Gavião Peixoto (state of São Paulo) on 19 December. The milestone opens the flight phase of a program that aims to culminat…
Embraer’s Eve Begins Electric Air Taxi Flight Tests
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis are getting closer to reality. Days after Boeing’s Wisk Aero shared the maiden sortie of its Generation 6 prototype, Eve Air Mobility, the eVTOL aircraft arm of Embraer, announced the first flight of its own air taxi. The uncrewed hover flight of Eve’s “engineering prototype”—a full-scale, nonconforming variant of the model it aims to certify with the FAA, Brazil’s National Civil Aviation A…
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