Archer’s Midnight eVTOL aircraft has completed its first flight. Archer has not published details of the flight, including duration and test points achieved. It does say that the programme expects to “progress rapidly from hover to full wing-borne transition flight in the coming months, paving the way for the company to begin ‘for credit’ testing of its Midnight aircraft next year. Furthermore, the release yet again underlines the company’s intention to achieve service entry in 2025.
“This next phase of Archer’s flight test programme is only possible because of the four years of flight testing we’ve done. Midnight is building on the successes of its predecessor aircraft and represents another significant step forward in Archer’s path to commercialisation,” said Archer’s founder and CEO, Adam Goldstein. “The next year and a half will be focused on continuing to rapidly advance our flight test programme and Archer’s electric air taxi operations as we prepare to bring Midnight to market in 2025.”
