Maybe the biggest news this week is ZeroAvia’s LinkedIn account posting pictures of Kyle Clark and a CX300.
ZeroAvia is one of the longest running, most stalwart hydrogen aviation companies. Their former CEO, Val Miftakhov announced his departure only three weeks ago. While many believe Hydogen aviation to be a very challenging road, likely requiring a good number of miracles, Joby continues to test the H2 powered JAI30. Given that one of the biggest hurdles is thought to be “incompatibility with tube and wing design”, given that H2 uses up so much volume even when compressed, perhaps its use in advanced aviation makes more sense than the “regional turboprop, regional jet, narrow body” strategy ZeroAvia has been describing. For more, check out our deep dive article on hydrogen aviation below.
eVTOL Weekly Log
As usual, we cover Archer, BETA, Joby, and Vertical Aerospace; we start with analysis, then the flight logs, then the low precision report.
Analysis
↗️ Archer
N704AX flew three times, N703AX flew six. 703 is clearly still flying CTOL; however, our algorithm is showing 704 to be hovering; and, upon review I’m not sure its wrong. More detail in the flight logs for supporters!
↗️ BETA
Beta is up, both VTOL and CTOL. Lima Foxtrot is back home at BETA HQ, November Zulu is in Hawaii, and Bravo Tango spent most of the week at Rouen Vallée de Seine Airport in France.
↗️ Joby
Joby is up! Lots more hover testing for N547JX (no transition yet), and some flying for N541JX
↘️ Vertical Aerospace
Vertical is down this week, but did still take to the sky.
Flight Logs
Archer (CTOL)
6 flights (+6 over last week)
2 hours 28 minutes of flight time (+1 hours 25 minutes over last week)
464 km (+282 km over last week)
Location breakdown:
2 hours 28 minutes at Salinas
