On June 8th, Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE) announced that the Midnight eVTOL aircraft successfully completed its first transition flight at a speed of 100+ mph, marking a milestone in the vehicle’s development.  “Successfully completing the transition from hover to wing-borne flight with a full-scale eVTOL aircraft is a tremendous engineering feat that only a handful of companies in the world have achieved,” said Dr. Geoff Bower, Archer’s Chief Engineer. A transition flight, in simple terms, occurs when the aircraft takes off vertically like a helicopter, accelerates forward, transitions from thrust-borne to wing-borne flight like an airplane with tilt propellers forward, … Continue reading Archer’s Midnight eVTOL Hits 100mph in Transition Flight: Could This Cut NYC Commutes to 10 Minutes?