Aircraft
Blackfly Flies at AirVenture Show Center
The flight of Opener's Blackfly eVTOL aircraft added a new twist to the EAA. AirVenture airshow lineup.
A most unusual sight at this year's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show was Opener's Blackfly electric personal air vehicle. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)
A most unusual sight at this year's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh show was Opener's Blackfly electric personal air vehicle. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)

Highly-secretive eVTOL aircraft developer Opener gave a rare public glimpse of its BlackFly single-seat vehicle when it briefly climbed into the air before thousands of onlookers at this week's EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The July 27 flight was billed as the first manned flight of the BlackFly in a public venue and it was one of two eVTOL aircraft to make manned public debut flights during the event, with the other being Volocopter's VoloCity model. The Blackfly demo was flown by Opener test pilot Eleanor Li.


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