New EASA Drone Rules Paved Way For Volocopter Paris Flights

Graham Warwick June 30, 2021
Paris
Volocopter’s 2X prototype made three unmanned flights at Le Bourget Airport in Paris.
Credit: Volocopter
The landmark flights by Volocopter’s 2X prototype at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, the first in France by an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi, were also the first to be approved under new European rules for the design verification of unmanned aircraft. The Volocopter 2X was issued a...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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