First transition flight for a lift-plus-cruise air taxi

Eve Air Mobility (Embraer) — On 3 Aug 2026 Eve's prototype fired its rear pusher propeller in flight for the first time, holding a stabilised 27 knots (30 kt peak) with the pusher up to 1,200 rpm — a 3 min 9 s, 0.84 nm hop at 90 ft over Embraer's Gavião Peixoto test centre. It is a partial transition: the aircraft has not yet flown fully wing-borne. The step matters because it validates the no-tilt lift-plus-cruise layout Eve bet on instead of the tiltrotors flown by Joby and Archer. Type certification and entry into service are targeted for 2027–2028.