Rotorcraft
Wisk Makes First Flight With Second Gen 6 eVTOL Prototype
Full-scale, autonomous aircraft pair will work towards transition milestone
Wisk Gen 6 eVTOL flying in California
N707WA will join the original Wisk Gen 6 prototype, N606WA, in an ongoing flight test campaign in California. © Wisk Aero

Wisk Aero’s second flight test aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time, less than two months after being rolled out from the company’s hangar in Hollister, California. The latest so-called ‘Gen 6’ prototype will now join its original sibling in an ongoing autonomous flight test campaign, the company confirmed this week.

During its first flight, the all-electric aircraft performed vertical takeoff, hover, and chirp manoeuvres. The Boeing subsidiary described the milestone, which has matched the timeline for the program it spelt out in March, as “an important first step in characterizing the aircraft’s performance.”

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