Air Force Weighs Capabilities of BlackFly eVTOL as Aircraft Wows Crowd, Stops Drivers in Ohio
Dayton Daily News | By Thomas Gnau
Published August 22, 2024 at 3:40 pm
Since early summer, the BlackFly eVTOL has been flying above the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport in tests for the Air Force.
Its flight on Wednesday for the second (and final) day of the third annual National Advanced Air Mobility Industry Forum was probably the first time it flew for an appreciable number of people in the Dayton-Springfield, Ohio, area.
The BlackFly is aptly named, and it should be seen to be appreciated.
It's a light, nimble, single seat eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft. Taking off outside the hangar for the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence, it didn't need a runway and it made hardly any noise.
At times, its movement seemed closer to floating than flying.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/08/22/air-force-weighs-capabilities-of-blackfly-evtol-aircraft-wows-crowd-stops-drivers-ohio.html
