“How in the name of Chuck Yeager did we get here?”

Spoiler Alert!

“Born as an idea, a sketch that my Dad did on a piece of paper…”

Narrated by the daughter of “…my Dad” (who we can safely assume to refer to Beta’s founder and CEO Kyle Clark,) and including simple drawings of the evolution of flight, this video from Beta is a nice take on the potential benefits from eVTOL’s using aviation history milestones and key aircraft developments in order to explain Beta’s vision of it’s air mobility vision.

Alia has already notched up an impressive customer profile (e.g. UPS, United Therapeutics, Blade and Bristow) and recently undertook a unique test flight between 23-30 May 2022 from Plattsburgh (New York) to Bentonville (Arkansas). This trip required eight stops enroute to recharge the batteries for it’s 1,219nm trip and covered nearly twelve hours (11:44) airborne time.

Based at Burlington Airport in Vermont USA, Beta’s Alia is also part of the US Air Force Agility Prime platform which aims to develop eVTOL technology for defense applications and Search & Rescue. With an expected certification timeline of mid-2024, Alia will also focus on passenger journeys (Air-Taxi) and logistics applications.

Appearing to be well ahead of the competition in terms of it’s flight test campaign, Beta’s tagline of: “simple enough to be revolutionary” hardly does justice to Alia’s futuristic look, sector-leading potential in terms of payload range, unique design, advanced technology and unbridled passion of Kyle Clark and his team.

And it’s a really cute video. Enjoy.