Aircraft
SkyDrive Flies eVTOL Air Taxi Prototype in Osaka
The SD-05 eVTOL aircraft made its public debut at World Expo 2025
SkyDrive's SD-05 aircraft flies at the Osaka World Expo
A prototype of SkyDrive’s three-seat SD-05 eVTOL air taxi is pictured during its first demonstration flight at Osaka World Expo media day on April 9, 2025. © SkyDrive/YouTube

SkyDrive’s three-seat SD-05 eVTOL aircraft prototype made its first public demonstration flights during a media event ahead of the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, on April 9. During the flight, which lasted about four minutes, the remotely piloted and highly automated aircraft reached an altitude of 5 meters, according to SkyDrive.

“At the Expo, which is about to begin, we hope attendees will discover how, in [the] future, people will fly through the skies in eVTOLs as a regular part of city life,” SkyDrive CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said in a company statement.

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