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Midnight's flight envelope is expected to quickly go from hover to full wing-borne flight, paving the path for "for credit" testing with the FAA to start early next year, according to the firm. Midnight is pitched as an intercity commuter, optimized to conduct back-to-back flights of 20 miles with 12 minutes of charge time in between, at a cost that it believes will be competitive with ground-based ride share. Midnight is capable of flying distances of up to 100 miles . The eVTOL's payload capacity is around 1,000 pounds , making it only suitable for short distances.
The firm has paced through its development process with Midnight, whose final design was released last November. The firm readied its first working model in May. The model is now being used for in-house testing that will help the firm optimize it for the incoming FAA certification testing process. It is slated to begin in early 2024, roughly a year before it intends to start its commercial operations.aircraft to start flying commercially in 2025.
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