air taxi

Cleared Direct Oct 17, 2026

The Lilium Jet, the Thirty-Six Ducted Fans That Rejected Every Other eVTOL Playbook, and What the Bankruptcy and Rebirth of Germany's Air Taxi Gamble Tells Us About the Real Cost of Going First

Lilium burned $1 billion and went bankrupt in October 2024 before being revived - revealing eVTOL's real certification and capital challenges.

Vector

Cleared Direct Oct 16, 2026

The Archer Midnight, the FAA Certification Marathon That Separated the Real eVTOL Programs From the Renderings, and What the First Air Carrier Certificate for Electric Vertical Flight Actually Means

Archer Aviation's Midnight eVTOL earned a Part 135 air carrier certificate in October 2024 - the first major regulatory milestone for electric vertical flight in the U.S.

Vector

Cleared Direct Oct 13, 2026

Wisk Aero, the Self-Flying Air Taxi, and the Certification Problem the FAA Has Never Had to Solve Before

Wisk Aero is pursuing FAA certification for a fully autonomous electric air taxi with no pilot aboard - and the regulatory framework to approve it doesn't yet exist.

Vector

Cleared Direct Oct 10, 2026

Joby Aviation, the Six-Tilt-Rotor S4, and the FAA Certification Pathway Nobody Has Walked Before

Joby Aviation's six-rotor S4 - 200 mph cruise, 150-mile range, 45 dB overhead - is the most technically mature eVTOL nearing FAA type certification.

Vector

Cleared Direct Oct 4, 2026

Archer Aviation, the Midnight, and the United Airlines Partnership That Could Put Working Air Taxis in Los Angeles Before Anywhere Else in America

Archer Aviation's Midnight is the most credibly positioned eVTOL air taxi in the U.S., backed by United Airlines and a certified FAA certification pathway.

Vector

Cleared Direct Oct 3, 2026

Lilium, the Electric Jet That Raised One Point Two Billion Dollars, and What Its Collapse Teaches Every Pilot About the Distance Between a Prototype and a Certified Aircraft

Lilium raised over $1.2 billion, flew hundreds of test flights, and still went insolvent in October 2024 - here's what that gap between prototype and certified aircraft means for aviation's electric future.

Vector

Cleared Direct Sep 19, 2026

Archer Aviation, the Midnight Air Taxi, and the Part One Thirty-Five Certificate That Separates a Test Program From a Real Airline

Archer Aviation has earned the FAA's first-ever Part 135 air carrier certificate for an eVTOL aircraft, a historic regulatory milestone that still requires a separate Type Certificate before paying passengers can board.

Vector

Cleared Direct Sep 18, 2026

Joby Aviation, the FAA Type Certificate Race, and the Electric Air Taxi That Is Closer to Your Airport Than Most People Think

Joby Aviation's S4 eVTOL leads the FAA certification race with conforming aircraft flying, a Part 135 air carrier certificate already in hand, and a defined path to type certification.

Vector

Cleared Direct Sep 18, 2026

Joby Aviation, the Six-Rotor Air Taxi, and the FAA Certification Path Nobody Has Ever Walked Before

Joby Aviation's S4 electric air taxi has logged over 1,000 test flight hours, but an unprecedented FAA certification process and infrastructure gaps put commercial service no earlier than 2026–2027.

Vector

Cleared Direct Sep 13, 2026

Wisk Aero, the Generation Six Air Taxi, and the Certification Path for an Aircraft With Nobody Up Front

Wisk Aero is pursuing FAA certification for a fully pilotless four-passenger air taxi - a regulatory first that could redefine civil aviation for the next 50 years.

Vector

Cleared Direct Sep 12, 2026

Supernal, the S A Two, and What Happens When a Carmaker Bets on the Air Taxi Race

Supernal's SA-2 eVTOL aircraft backed by Hyundai's $100B manufacturing empire may be the most credible air taxi program in a field that keeps running out of money.

Vector

Cleared Direct Sep 3, 2026

The Joby S Four, the FAA Certification Gauntlet, and the Air Taxi Promise That Keeps Sliding Right on the Timeline

Joby Aviation's S4 eVTOL is closer to FAA certification than most realize - and still further away than the company's early press releases suggested.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 29, 2026

Archer Aviation, the Midnight eVTOL, and the Certification Math Nobody in the Industry Wants to Talk About

Archer Aviation's Midnight eVTOL is accumulating real FAA test data toward type certification, backed by United Airlines and a new powered-lift regulatory framework finalized in 2023.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 26, 2026

Joby's S Four, the FAA Powered-Lift Certificate, and the Real Distance Between Air Taxi Hype and Your City's Skyline

Joby Aviation's S4 has logged 1,000+ test flights and holds an FAA air carrier certificate - here's where certification actually stands and what it means for pilots.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 23, 2026

Joby Aviation's S Four and the Transition Problem, the Ninety Seconds Where an Air Taxi Stops Being a Helicopter and Starts Being an Airplane

Why the 90-second transition from hover to forward flight is the hardest problem in the eVTOL air taxi industry.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 21, 2026

Joby Aviation, the S4 Air Taxi, and What Five Stages of FAA Certification Really Tell You About When You'll Actually Ride One

Joby's S4 air taxi is deep in FAA certification, but the paperwork - not the flying - decides when you'll actually ride one.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 21, 2026

The Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation, the Fastest All-Electric Airplane, and What a Three Hundred Eighty-Seven Mile-Per-Hour Speed Record Really Taught the Engineers

How the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation set a 387 mph electric flight record - and why the real breakthrough was battery heat, not speed.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 18, 2026

Joby, Toyota, and the S Four eVTOL Betting That a Car Company Can Teach an Aircraft Startup to Actually Build Things

Radio Hangar explores Joby, Toyota, and the S Four eVTOL Betting That a Car Company Can Teach an Aircraft Startup to Actually Build Things.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 16, 2026

The EHang E H Two Sixteen S, the World's First Type-Certified Passenger eVTOL, and What It Means That the First Air Taxi to Get a Certificate Has No Pilot and No Wings

In October 2023, EHang's pilotless EH216-S became the world's first type-certified passenger eVTOL - here's what that milestone really means.

Vector

Cleared Direct Aug 15, 2026

Joby's S4, the Tilt-Six Propulsion System, and Why the Air Taxi Race Comes Down to How You Turn a Rotor Into a Wing

How Joby's S4 tilts six electric propellers from hover to cruise - and why that transition decides the air taxi race.

Vector