The Air Current

Lilium

  • Industry Strategy
  • Elan Head
  • 34 Min Read

Special Report: The number at the center of an eVTOL safety debate

Ten to the minus nine, 10-9, has become a proxy for safety in aircraft design. Now, it is a focal point...
  • Three Points
  • Jon Ostrower and Elan Head
  • 3 Min Read

Three Points: The last 747, eVTOL cash burn, China and the B-21

Vol. 62
  • Dispatches
  • Elan Head
  • 5 Min Read

Visualizing eVTOL startups’ cash burn

Charting the precious cash reserves and spending of eVTOL players as they race to certify their aircraft.
  • Technology
  • Elan Head
  • 10 Min Read

Lilium’s implausible battery requirements get a second look

A revised analysis indicates that Lilium’s eVTOL battery strategy is technically possible, if still...
  • Dispatches
  • Elan Head
  • 5 Min Read

Wisk, with wings to glide, picks skids not wheels

So much of the eVTOL debate is about how to get off the ground, how to land matters, too.
  • Aircraft Development
  • Elan Head
  • 16 Min Read

Even without flying, eVTOL takes up the air at Farnborough

An eVTOL roundup of the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow
  • Industry Strategy
  • Elan Head
  • 18 Min Read

Airlines lend brands for cheap eVTOL shares

Airlines’ eVTOL orders are mostly a marketing device, not a reliable indication of demand.
  • Three Points
  • Elan Head
  • 14 Min Read

Three Points: Buffett units bet on UAM, Chorus acquires Falko, U.S./U.K. bilateral eVTOL cert

Issue No. 53
  • Three Points
  • Elan Head and Jon Ostrower
  • 10 Min Read

Three Points: Joby’s crash, FAA’s Dickson resigning, EK231 update

Issue No. 52
  • Industry Strategy
  • Elan Head
  • 16 Min Read

Embraer SPAC deal reflects changed funding landscape for eVTOL developers

The boom in SPACs pumped billions into eVTOL development, but the funding vehicle is no longer the cash...
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