The Jetson One eVTOL Is Delivered to Its First Owner

After seven years of research, development, and then more development, delivered the first of its single-passenger, electric aircraft to a billionaire tech client in California. It was a long road for the Italy-based company, which experienced two years of delays following its projected launch date because of hiccups in production and certification. Some online observers called the a “scam” and predicted the personal, drone-like aircraft would never be delivered, despite hundreds of pre-orders.

“It always takes longer than initially anticipated,” Stephan D’haene, CEO of Jetson, told Robb Report with a sense of relief, following tech guru Palmer Luckey’s series of after just 50 minutes of training in Carlsbad, Calif. “You adjust software, you look at parts, and you do different iteration