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Uber-like Flights Service Buys Electric Light Aircraft

Graham Warwick May 21, 2019
Credit: eFlyer2: Bye Aerospace
BlackBird Partners, an Uber-like service providing flights in private aircraft via a smartphone app, has agreed to buy a fleet of electric-powered light aircraft now under development by Bye Aerospace. San Francisco-based BlackBird, which raised $10 million in Series A funding in March, plans to buy...
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