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Starting the week off with another transition flight 🤝

Hi all!

Great news today - we completed our first Wingborne flight on our third prototype today ✈️

Our third test pilot, Tim Eldridge completed another flight this morning on our latest prototype!

Join us next Friday, 29th May, for our AMA with Vertical's Chief Engineer, David King. Do you have any engineering or technical questions regarding the flight test programme, transition dynamics, or flight performance characteristics? Now's your chance to ask them.

We’ll post at 13:00 BST (08:00 EDT / 05:00 PDT) for you to submit your questions which David will answer in real time. ​

See you then.

Last week, Vertical Aerospace CEO Stuart Simpson had the privilege of meeting His Majesty King Charles III during the State Visit to the US, at an event in New York bringing together leading UK and US business figures.

Given His Majesty’s long-standing passion for sustainability, Stuart jumped at the opportunity to introduce him to Valo and share Vertical’s mission to make air travel cleaner, quieter and more sustainable.

A special thank you to Kyle Clark, CEO of BETA Technologies for capturing the moment. A little friendly competition in advanced air mobility - but plenty of shared belief in the future of sustainable aviation.

Join us tomorrow at 16:00 GMT (12:00 EDT / 09:00 PDT) where Simon Davies will be answering your questions about everything from flight testing to flying the VX4. ​

Keep an eye out for our post tomorrow to get involved!

To the skies.

Join us next Friday, 1st May, for our AMA with Simon Davies. Have questions about the flight test programme, transition, or what it’s like to fly the VX4?​ Now's your chance. ​

We’ll post at 16:00 GMT (12:00 EDT / 09:00 PDT) for you to submit your questions which Simon will answer in real time. ​

Looking forward to chatting with you then!

- Lily

Starting from runway 08, we performed a vertical take-off and accelerated into wingborne flight. At this point, the aft propellers were stowed and the aircraft climbed in wingborne mode, continuing to fly conventionally.

We then decelerated to the required speed to initiate the transition phase. After reconfiguring for transition, we continued to decelerate on final approach, gradually reducing altitude before completing a controlled vertical landing.