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Air taxis and other electric-powered aircraft cleared for takeoff with final FAA rules
The new rules should help speed commercial operation.
The Federal Aviation Administration published highly anticipated final regulations for electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles that it says will chart the path for the “air travel of the future.” A new pilot-training and qualifications rule was needed because “existing regulations did not address this new category of aircraft, which can take off and land vertically like a helicopter and fly like an airplane during cruise flight,” FAA said. “The regulation published today will ensure the U.S. continues to play a global leadership role in the development and adoption of clean flight,” said JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby, in a statement.
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