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Wisk Reports Generation 6 Autonomous eVTOL Aircraft is On Track For Flight Testing in 2024
When Boeing's advanced air mobility subsidiary starts flying the latest version of its eVTOL vehicle, it will build on the more than 1,600 flight hours logged so far by earlier models.
Wisk's sixth-generation eVTOL aircraft design was unveiled in October 2022.
Wisk is now building the first prototype of its Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft. (Image: Wisk Aero)

Wisk Aero says it is on track to start flying the latest version of its four-seat autonomous eVTOL aircraft in 2024. At this week's NBAA-BACE business aviation show in Las Vegas, the company's chief marketing officer Rebecca Tanner said that the first prototype of what it refers to as its Generation 6 aircraft is now under construction. 

Over the last decade, the first five generations of Wisk's flight-test vehicles have amassed 1,600 flight hours. The Generation 5 aircraft continues to be used for fully autonomous flight testing and public demonstration flights, including earlier this year at EAA AirVenture. During October it has been performing test flights in the Los Angeles area from Long Beach Airport and was participated in the Festival of Flight event there.

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