SkyDrive Successfully Completes eVTOL Demonstration Flight Simulating Scenic Tours over the Seto Inland Sea
VIPs including the Governor of Yamaguchi, the Vice Chair of the Yamaguchi Assembly and the President of Suzuki Motor, see the SKYDRIVE fly over the ocean at 86 km/h
SkyDrive Inc. ("SkyDrive"), a leading compact eVTOL (*1) aircraft developer based in Japan, announced today the completion of a demonstration flight of its "SKYDRIVE" eVTOL aircraft (SkyDrive Model SD-05). The flight, held at the test site inside the Yamaguchi Kirara Expo Memorial Park, western Japan, was designed to simulate a scenic touring flight over the Seto Inland Sea.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260713665957/en/ From left: Toshihiro Suzuki, President of Suzuki Motor Corporation; Tomohiro Fukuzawa, Founder and CEO of SkyDrive Inc.; Tsugumasa Muraoka, Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture; Toru Kawano, Vice Chairperson of the Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly
The flight, which was witnessed by Mr. Tsugumasa Muraoka, Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Mr. Toru Kawano, Vice Chairperson of the Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly, and Mr. Toshihiro Suzuki, Representative Director and President of Suzuki Motor Corporation, SkyDrive's official production partner, provided further confirmation of the aircraft’s technical maturity and the potential use of eVTOL for scenic tourist flights.
