UK-based electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has become only the second company in the world to perform a piloted thrustborne flight test in a full-scale vectored thrust aircraft. 

The full-scale eVTOL aircraft, known as VX4, took off on January 7, 2024, with pilot Simon Davies at the controls, at the Vertical Aerospace test center at Cotswold Airport (GBA). 

Chief test pilot Davies transitioned from piloted thrustborne hover to piloted thrustborne low-speed flight maneuvers and included roll, yaw and spot turn exercises. 

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