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    Lilium Celebrates Successful Flight Tests and Introduces 5-Seater VTOL Jet

    Metropolitan Airport NewsBy Metropolitan Airport NewsApril 21, 20171 Min Read
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    Full-scale prototype of the Lilium Jet

    The Lilium Jet successfully completed its maiden test flight series in the skies above Bavaria. The 2-seater Eagle prototype executed a range of complex maneuvers, including its signature mid-air transition from hover mode to wing-borne forward flight.

    Seeing the Lilium Jet take to the sky and performing sophisticated maneuvers with apparent ease is testament to the skill and perseverance of our amazing team. We have solved some of the toughest engineering challenges in aviation to get to this point. The successful test flight programme shows that our ground-breaking technical design works exactly as we envisioned. We can now turn our focus to designing a 5-seater production aircraft.

    new lilium jet 5 seater Metropolitan Airport News

    The Lilium Jet 5-seater – Your on-demand air taxi

    We are now developing a larger, 5-seater version of our Lilium Jet, designed for on-demand air taxi and ridesharing services. A typical journey with the Lilium Jet will be at least 5x faster than by car, with even greater efficiencies in busy cities. So a flight from Manhattan to New York’s JFK Airport will take around 5 minutes, compared to the 55 minutes it would take you by car.

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