Vertical Aerospace Achieves World First Two-Way Piloted Transition Flight

Vertical Aerospace complete two way transition with VX-4 - RotorHub International

Earlier this week, Vertical Aerospace completed a piloted two-way transition from vertical take off to wing borne flight and back from wing borne to thrust borne for a vertical landing became the second company globally to complete a two-way making it the first eVTOL developer in Europe to pass the milestone and only the third after Beta and Joby to make the leap. It is also the first such eVTOL design to complete the process under the more stri…

World-first eVTOL transition flight for Vertical Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace has scored a world-first as its full-scale tilt-rotor eVTOL completed a two-way piloted transition between vertical helicopter mode and horizontal airplane mode during a single continuous flight while under regulatory oversight.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Vertical Aerospace, eVTOL, Flight Tests

Vertical Aerospace reports “two-way piloted transition flight in full-scale tiltrotor eVTOL”

Vertical Aerospace reports it has successfully completed a historic two-way piloted transition flight.  On 14 April 2026, Vertical became the second company globally to complete a two-way piloted transition flight in a full-scale tiltrotor eVTOL and the first to do so under civil aviation Design Organisation Approval regulatory oversight, according to a company press release. Chief Test Pilot Simon Davies completed the flight – transitioning from

Vertical Aerospace Achieves World First Two-Way Piloted Transition Flight

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Vertical first non-US eVTOL firm to execute 2-way transition

Vertical Aerospace has achieved what its CEO Stuart Simpson described as the “most significant technical milestone” in its history after the air taxi developer became the first outside the US to execute a piloted two-way transition flight. On 14 April 2026, at its spiritual home at Cotswold Airport (GBA), Chief Test Pilot Simon Davies successfully switched Vertical Aerospace’s electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from helicopter…