Gallery: EVTOL Aircraft At NBAA-BACE 2023

October 17, 2023

Electra’s electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) designed to carry 9 passengers and a 2500 lb payload. 

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SwissDrones is a leading manufacturer and operator of long-range unmanned helicopter systems designed to replace manned helicopters for safe and cost-effective aerial intelligence gathering in surveillance, linear inspection and search & rescue missions beyond visual line of sight.

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WISK Air Taxi on display near the entrance to the North Hall exhibit area.

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Electric Power Systems electric propulsion system.

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Electra Aero Hybrid-Electric eSTOL.

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Rolls Royce electric motor.

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Interior of the WISK 4 passenger autonomous air taxi.

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WISK's Generation 6 self-flying all electric air taxi.

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Although not an eVTOL, the VoltAero Cassio 330 is using innovative propulsion technologies that are part of the broader Advanced Air Mobility trend.

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“Electric Aircraft Take Flight” was the focus on an invitation-only Newsmakers Luncheon hosted by NBAA on Oct. 17. The session featured David Boulter, the new Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety (third from left); VoltAero CEO and Chief Technology Officer Jean Botti (second from left); Kriya Shortt, President and CEO of Textron eAviation (fourth from left); Beta Technologies Chief Revenue Officer Patrick Buckles (second from right); and Electra.Aero Chief Product Officer Marc Ausman.

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Volocopter’s electric 2X air taxi, performs a flight demonstration at Henderson Executive Airport. The flights form part of the German-based company’s flight test with the Volocopter 2X, the predecessor and prototype to the VoloCity air taxi, which will begin commercial AAM passenger flights in Paris in the summer of 2024. The NBAA-BACE flights are scheduled to begin on the show’s opening day, Tuesday, Oct. 17, and continue through the final NBAA-BACE show day, Thursday, Oct. 19.

Firms designing and building electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft (eVTOLs) have earned themselves a space to exhibit at NBAA-BACE 2023, now that they are a full part of the business aviation industry.

These images show how eVTOLS are making their mark.