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

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