Vertical Aerospace
Vertical Aerospace is a British aerospace manufacturer based in Bristol, England that designs and builds vertical take-off and landing electrically powered aircraft.
History
The company was founded in 2016 by Stephen Fitzpatrick, an ex-Formula One team owner, and founder and CEO of OVO Energy.
The company flew its first prototype aircraft – an electrically powered quadcopter that weighed 750kg, named POC – in June 2018 at Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire. The aircraft, which was unmanned and remotely controlled, is capable of vertical take-off and landing and has four electric engines, each inside a ducted fan.
In 2019 they launched their second aircraft, the Seraph, making them the first company in the world to release flight footage of an electric VTOL aircraft capable of carrying 250kg. They also acquired Vertical Advanced Engineering, who will apply the latest technologies and agile processes from F1 to the development of eVTOL aircraft.Design and development
The company states it is developing aircraft that it hopes to certify for commercial flight by 2022.
