CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Airport hosted an event celebrating the first conventional takeoff and landing of electric aircraft conducted under the Federal Aviation Administration’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program (eIPP).
A pair of eVTOL aircraft flew from Blacksburg to Charlottesville to Frederick, Md. to Baltimore County, Md. on Friday.
eVTOL aircraft are part of a broader new technology, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Aircraft, which can transport people and cargo in ways traditional aviation does not cover – nicknamed “air taxis”, these crafts are smaller and more energy efficient…