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Lilium Jet’s Hard Landing
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Lilium Jet’s Hard Landing: The Numbers That Kill the eVTOL Air‑Taxi Dream

1) What Lilium promised—and what actually happened From 2021 onward, Lilium pitched a premium regional air‑mobility network using a six‑passenger, one‑pilot “electric jet” and set public expectations for ~$2.25 per passenger‑mile pricing as early as mid‑decade. The plan assumed four‑and‑a‑half seats filled
September 28, 2025
Vertical VX4
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Meet the Vertical VX4: The UK “Flying Taxi” That Just Made History – But Can It Raise $700M To Fly You by 2028?

The VX4 in one sentence Vertical’s VX4 is the UK’s flagship eVTOL program: an eight‑prop, tiltrotor air taxi pursuing airline‑level certification in 2028 after notching a string of piloted flight milestones in 2025—and now racing to secure the $700 million it says
September 26, 2025
Volocopter 2X
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Volocopter 2X EXPOSED: The 18‑Rotor Air Taxi That Flew in Dubai, Singapore & NYC (Specs, Range, Safety)

Figures are from Volocopter’s official 2X design specification (April 2017) and the Vertical Flight Society’s eVTOL profile for the 2X. OVANS What is the Volocopter 2X? The Volocopter 2X is a two‑seat, battery‑electric multicopter designed to de‑risk and demonstrate Volocopter’s urban air mobility
September 25, 2025
Air Taxi - Joby Aviation
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Flying Over Gridlock: Inside Joby Aviation’s Air‑Taxi Bet – and When You Might Actually Ride One

Key facts The in‑depth report 1) The aircraft: how Joby’s air taxi works Joby’s JAS4‑1/S4 is a piloted, five‑seat eVTOL that takes off like a helicopter and cruises on wings like an airplane. Its six tilting, five‑blade propellers provide vertical lift, transition,
September 20, 2025
Lilium Jet 30
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Inside the Lilium Jet: 30 ‘Electric Jets,’ Bold Battery Bets – and the Hard Lessons from a $1B eVTOL

The in‑depth report 1) The architecture that made Lilium different Most eVTOLs rely on open rotors. Lilium doubled down on ducted fans integrated into tilting flaps across a canard and main wing. The company argued this could control noise, cut drag in
September 19, 2025
Autonomous Combat Aircraft
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“AI Wingmen Are Here: How Autonomous ‘Loyal Wingmen’ (Collaborative Combat Aircraft) Will Rewrite Air Combat—Sooner Than You Think”

What is a “loyal wingman” / CCA? “Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)” is the U.S. term for AI‑enabled, uncrewed jets that fly with or in support of crewed fighters/bombers, or operate autonomously when comms are jammed. Think of them as missile trucks, sensor
September 15, 2025