UK-based Lyte Aviation Launches High-Capacity Hybrid eVTOL Skybus

27 May 2023 | Abstracted from Future Flight

"European start-up seeks to produce a full-scale prototype of the LA-44 SkyBus, intended to carry up to 40 passengers, within the next 24 months...the SkyBus will have a range of 1,000 kilometers (625 miles) and a maximum speed of 300 km/h (187 mph). She said it could take until 2030 to bring the tandem tilt-wing design to market...Lyte's ultimate objective is to rework the aircraft with all-hydrogen propulsion..."

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