Elroy’s hybrid-electric Chaparral C1 made its first hover flight at Byron Airport in California on Nov. 12.

Credit: Elroy Air

Elroy Air has conducted the first flight of its Chaparral C1 uncrewed cargo aircraft, described by the U.S. startup as the first turbogenerator hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle to fly. The first Chaparral C1 made a 57-sec. hover flight to around 25. ft. altitude on Nov…

 

Elroy Air Flies Chaparral Uncrewed Cargo eVTOL is published in Advanced Air Mobility Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN…