USAF Pilots Conduct First-Ever Crewed eVTOL Flight with BETA Aircraft - Aviation Today

USAF Pilots Conduct First-Ever Crewed eVTOL Flight with BETA Aircraft - Aviation Today: On March 9, 2022, two U.S. Air Force pilots became the first Airmen to fly an electric aircraft with military airworthiness approval—the ALIA, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, developed by BETA Technologies. BETA has partnered with the Air Force’s Agility Prime program since 2020 to develop and refine their eVTOL, and the …