China’s GAC Flies AirJet Winged eVTOL

AirJet’s first flight appears to have been an untethered hover test.

AirJet’s first flight appears to have been an untethered hover test.

Credit: GAC
Chinese automaker GAC conducted the first flight of its Govy AirJet winged electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) AirJet on July 3 with plans to launch autonomous air taxi demonstration operations in 2027 in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. Guangzhou-based GAC unveiled its Govy...
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