Kitty Hawk Corporation

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Kitty Hawk Corporation
TypePrivate
IndustryAircraft
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
,
U.S.
Key people
Sebastian Thrun (President and CEO)
Websitekittyhawk.aero

Kitty Hawk Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer producing electric personal air vehicles.

History[]

The company was founded 2010. It is supported by Google's co-founder Larry Page.[1]

Products[]

Kitty Hawk Flyer[]

The Flyer was a personal aircraft which was kept aloft by eight battery-powered propellers.[2][3] The engineering was led by Cameron Robertson and Todd Reichert.[4] The production Flyer was introduced on 6 June 2018. A license was not required to pilot the Flyer, as it was built under US FAR Part 103 ultralight regulations.[5] After 25,000 unmanned or crewed flights combined, using 111 aircraft, Kitty Hawk ended the programme on 3 June 2020;[6] CEO Sebastian Thrun stated that, with Flyer, the company "could not find a path to a viable business".[7]

Kitty Hawk Cora / Cora by Wisk[]

Main article: Cora by Wisk

Since March 2018, Kitty Hawk Corporation had been testing an autonomous, electric air taxi prototype in New Zealand called Cora and code-named Zee.Aero.[8][9] In 2019, the Kitty Hawk Cora autonomous personal air vehicle prototype was split off into a joint venture between Wisk Aero LLC and Boeing, becoming Cora by Wisk.[10][11]

Kitty Hawk Heaviside[]

In 2019, Kitty Hawk introduced a new aircraft called the Heaviside.[12] It is designed to be quieter than normal aircraft.[13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ Fiegerman, Seth (24 April 2017). "Google cofounder's 'flying car' makes its debut". CNN Money. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ Markoff, John (24 April 2017). "No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ Vijayan, Jaikumar (25 April 2017). "Google Co-Founder Larry Page's Kitty Hawk Venture Demos Flying Car". eWeek. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ^ Graham, Jefferson (22 December 2017). "The top tech innovations of 2017". USA Today. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  5. ^ Swartz, Kenneth I. (12 July 2018). "Kitty Hawk Enters Service". Vertiflite – via .
  6. ^ Wolfsteller, Pilar (3 June 2020). "Kitty Hawk ends Flyer eVTOL programme". FlightGlobal.
  7. ^ O'Kane, Sean (4 June 2020). "Kitty Hawk abandons its Flyer project, lays off dozens". The Verge.
  8. ^ Michael Hayward. "Air taxi trials possible in six years as tech company trials flying vehicle in Canterbury". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Wisk (Kitty Hawk) Cora". . Vertical Flight Society. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Kitty Hawk Announcements". . Vertical Flight Society. 24 August 2019.
  11. ^ "After ups and downs, Boeing and Kitty Hawk reboot flying-car venture as Wisk". GeekWire. 3 December 2019.
  12. ^ Adams, Eric (18 April 2019). "Kitty Hawk's New Flying Car Promises a (Near) Silent Flight". wired.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Is Kitty Hawk Introducing Range Anxiety For eVTOL Aircraft With Its Heaviside?". CleanTechnica. 13 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Kitty Hawk Reveals Ultra-Quiet 'Heaviside' eVTOL Design". . 4 October 2019.

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