Joby Hopes N.Y. eVTOL Demos Will Help Smooth Air Taxi Regulations

Graham Warwick May 14, 2026
NASA picks up X-59 flight test tempo Guy Norris Colorado Springs. NASA is continuing to speed up the rate of X-59 flight tests as the Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator program builds up to its first Mach 1 faster-than-sound milestone flight. The needle nose Lockheed Martin Skunk Works-built aircraft has so far accumulated around 19.6 flight hours on 16 flights, eight of which were completed in April. Based out of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards AFB, California, the highest tempo wa

Joby operated over water for its demonstration flights in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Credit: Joby Aviation
After completing demonstration flights with its electric air taxi first in the San Francisco Bay Area and then in New York, Joby Aviation is taking the lessons learned into its planning for operations set to begin this year under an FAA pilot program. The demonstrations in commercially relevant...
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