UK Air Taxi Start-Up Finds Early Buyers For 1,000 Vehicles
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the Financial Times.
The article is well worth a read and describes the progress of Vertical Aerospace, which was started by Ovo Energy founder; Stephen Fitzpatrick.
The Vertical Aerospace web site is worth a visit.
Details given of their VA-X4 plane include.
- Range – 100+ miles
- Speed – 202 miles
- Capacity – 5
- Carbon Emissions – Zero
- Certification – EASA/CAA
- Noise – 100 times quieter than a helicopter.
There is a lot to like!
What is certain in my mind, is that there is a market for a short range zero-carbon aircraft of some sort.
Judging by the number of aircraft being proposed for this market, I come to two conclusions.
- The market isn’t mythical.
- Someone will make a success of it.
I also wouldn’t be surprised, if the most successful design has rather a weird look about it.
But despite saying that, two of the frontrunners; the Cessna Electric Caravan and the electric version of the Britten-Norman Islander are both conversions of existing successful aircraft.
I believe, that I’m young enough to fly in an electric aircraft.
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