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Aska's A5 'Flying SUV' Prototype Begins Flight Test Campaign
A prototype of Aska's hybrid-electric, drive-and-fly eVTOL vehicle has achieved its first hover flights.
Aska's A5 prototype is pictured during a tethered hover flight test
Aska's A5 prototype kicked off its flight testing campaign with a series of successful tethered hover flights at an airfield in California. (Photo: Aska)

The flight test campaign of Aska's four-seat eVTOL aircraft is now in full swing, with a full-scale prototype making several tethered hover flights every day at an airfield in California.

Since its first successful hover tests in June, the A5 prototype has been flying about five times per day, Aska co-founder and chief operating officer Maki Kaplinsky told AIN. The A5 vehicle, which Aska refers to as a “flying SUV,” is designed to operate both in the air and on public roads, and the company plans to begin delivering the vehicle to customers in 2026.