Elroy Air To Fly Full-Size Unmanned Cargo Aircraft This Year

Credit: Elroy Air
WASHINGTON—With the Amazon effect driving demand for rapid delivery of e-commerce goods, U.S. startup Elroy Air plans to fly a full-scale prototype of its unmanned cargo aircraft in 2019. The winged, hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is designed to carry 500 lb. of cargo 300 mi...
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