Opener Completes Four Flight Demonstrations of Human-Operated eVTOL Fixed-Wing Aircraft
BlackFly eVTOL aircraft were flown by Opener team members, Eleanor Li, Plant Manager, and Marcus Leng, Founder and CEO, on July 27th, 2021, and Kristina Menton, Director of Operations, on July 31st, 2021.
- BlackFly eVTOL aircraft were flown by Opener team members, Eleanor Li, Plant Manager, and Marcus Leng, Founder and CEO, on July 27th, 2021, and Kristina Menton, Director of Operations, on July 31st, 2021.
- The operators showcased BlackFlys powerful capabilities of vertical takeoff and landing, cruise flight, hover, rotating, sideways and forward flight, and return-to-home.
- This was a momentous day for aerial vehicles and the future of transportation, said Marcus Leng, Founder and CEO of Opener.
- Unveiled in 2018, BlackFly is the worlds first all-electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL), fixed-wing, ultralight aircraft to conduct human-operated flight in public.