A milestone in electric aviation took place Thursday afternoon, when Beta Technologies landed its ALIA eVTOL aircraft at Duke Field, on Eglin Air Force Base, for a deployment period with the U.S. Air Force.

The big picture: During its 2,000-mile, multi-leg journey from Burlington, Vermont to Florida, the plane completed what Beta believes to be the longest electric aviation flight on a single charge, at 386 miles.

  • Taringano@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    If it’s a VTOL it whoudl also vertically take off and land,and replace helicopters.

    • PeachMan@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, and they’d also crash and kill people with some regularity. VTOLs tend to do that. 😂