🛩️ North Carolina is First In Flight, again!

🛩️ North Carolina is First In Flight, again!

After recording the first human flight back in 1903, today North Carolina also became the first state in America to witness an autonomous air taxi flight.

Rich Spuller
Rich Spuller

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EHang, an autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, held the first official demonstration this afternoon with the companies leaders, state officials, and a handful of reporters up in Raleigh.

Governor Cooper ecstatically announced the achievement on Twitter this afternoon, saying; “First in flight — again! Today, North Carolina hosted @ehang for the first autonomous flying taxi demonstration in North America.”

Here’s a live video of the test flight which took place earlier today;

History being made in NC yet again! Learn more about the company - https://www.ehang.com/index.html

Geplaatst door David L. Howard op Dinsdag 7 januari 2020

Reprinted from Charlotte Stories

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