Kyle Clark's Beta Technologies is betting electric aviation starts on runways
The Alia CX300 still needs certification, but Beta's staged plan gives it a nearer-term path than air-taxi rivals chasing eVTOLs first.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Business Insider
Why it matters
Beta Technologies is trying to commercialize electric aviation through certification sequence, not spectacle: prove the runway aircraft first, then carry that work into eVTOLs.
Kyle Clark's Beta Technologies put reporters in the Alia CX300, its runway-based electric airplane, for a 20-minute demonstration flight over Burlington, Vermont, according to a Business Insider flight report published June 6th.…
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