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AutoFlight Claims eVTOL Flight Distance Record with Latest Prosperity I Prototype
The China-based company is building more of its Generation 4 prototype aircraft to expand flight testing to locations including Napa in California.
AutoFlight's Prosperity I eVTOL aircraft is pictured in flight
AutoFlight says the Generation 4 prototype of its Prosperity I eVTOL aircraft recently flew a distance of 250.64 km. (Image: AutoFlight)

AutoFlight is claiming a world record for the longest flight by an eVTOL aircraft on a single electric charge. On March 2, the company reported that its latest Generation 4 prototype has flown 250.3 kilometers (156.4 miles), which is three kilometers longer than the distance covered by Joby Aviation’s prototype during a test flight in July 2021.

The Generation 4 flight took place at AutoFlight’s development site at Augsburg in southern Germany on February 23. The latest prototype of the China-based group’s four-seat Prosperity I design was remotely piloted as it completed 20 circuits of a predefined flight track.

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