Historic first US coast-to-coast autonomous flight completed
The 3,199-mile trip used a converted Cessna Caravan and no manual inputs from the onboard safety pilot, Joby said.
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Joby’s AI-Powered Plane Flies 3,199 Miles With Zero Pilot Inputs, Remotely Supervised | 🌎 LatestLY
Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY) today announced that an aircraft equipped with its autonomy technology has completed the first-ever autonomous flight across the United States. 🌎 Joby’s AI-Powered Plane Flies 3,199 Miles With Zero Pilot Inputs, Remotely Supervised.
Historic first US coast-to-coast autonomous flight completed
Joby Aviation has scored a world first, completing the first-ever fully autonomous flight from sea to shining sea across the continental United States – a distance of 3,199 miles (5,148 km) – with zero control inputs from an onboard human pilot.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Joby Aviation, Autonomous flight
A Cessna light aircraft successfully completed a transcontinental flight without human intervention, covering more than 5,000 kilometers
Ironically, it was the aviation industry that gave cars the term “autopilot”, but in the first case it was used only during certain phases of the aircraft’s movement. Joby Aviation says its technology recently enabled a transcontinental flight of a Cessna Caravan without the need for professional pilots to intervene at all stages of the […]
Self-driving cars are coming soon, and self-flying planes are on the way. The first fully autonomous aircraft in the United States has completed a 3,199-mile flight without a pilot. The single-engine Cessna Caravan, operated by aerospace company Joby Aviation, completed all phases of its flight, from taxiing to takeoff and landing, on its own. The plane took off from Joby's base in Concord, California, on September 7.
Joby’s 3,199-Mile Autonomous Flight Used a Cessna; Stock Ends 1.1% Lower
Santa Cruz, September 20, 2026, 13:21 (PDT) Joby closed Friday at $6.12, down 1.13% on 23.4 million shares.The autonomous aircraft was a converted Cessna Caravan, not Joby’s eVTOL air taxi.Joby reported $2.3 billion of cash and short-term investments at June 30. Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) finished Friday 1.13% lower after disclosing a 3,199-mile autonomous flight. The…
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