Cleared Direct Sep 19, 2026Archer Aviation, the Midnight Air Taxi, and the Part One Thirty-Five Certificate That Separates a Test Program From a Real AirlineArcher 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 Aug 9, 2026Skyryse, SkyOS, and the One-Stick Bet That the Hardest Aircraft to Fly Should Become the EasiestSkyryse's SkyOS replaces helicopter controls with a single stick and fly-by-wire, aiming to make rotorcraft dramatically safer and easier to fly.Vector
Cleared Direct Aug 9, 2026The EHang E H Two Sixteen S, the Sixteen-Rotor Air Taxi With No Pilot Onboard, and the Chinese Certificate That Beat America's eVTOLs to the PunchChina's EHang EH216-S became the first certified pilotless passenger eVTOL, beating US and European air taxis to market.Vector
Cleared Direct Jun 15, 2026EHang's EH216-S and the autonomous air taxi already carrying passengers in ChinaEHang's EH216-S is the first passenger-carrying autonomous aircraft to earn a full type certificate, already flying tourists in China.Vector