Beta Completes First Piloted Flight With Production Aircraft

Beta Alia

Beta plans to type-certify its Alia CTOL as soon as late 2025.

Credit: Beta Technologies
Beta Technologies has completed a piloted test flight with the first electric aircraft rolled off the production line at its factory in Burlington, Vermont. On Nov. 13, Beta’s founder, CEO and test pilot Kyle Clark conducted the flight in an Alia CTOL, the electric conventional-takeoff-and-landing...
Ben Goldstein

Based in Boston, Ben covers advanced air mobility and is managing editor of Aviation Week Network’s AAM Report.

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