LIFT Aircraft

About LIFT Aircraft

LIFT Aircraft is the odd one out in this directory, and deliberately so: it is already flying members of the public. The HEXA is a single-seat, 18-rotor multirotor that operates under FAA Part 103 ultralight rules, which means it needs neither a type certificate nor a pilot licence to fly. That one regulatory choice let LIFT reach paying customers years ahead of every certificated air-taxi programme.

The trade-off is scope. Part 103 caps the aircraft at a single occupant, limits speed and fuel capacity, and confines flights to uncongested airspace, so this is a flight experience rather than transport from A to B. Customers complete around two hours of training and simulator time, then fly the aircraft themselves within a geofenced volume, supervised from the ground.

Flights are sold from Austin, Texas, with the company expanding to further US locations. Because the HEXA is flown by the customer rather than a commercial pilot, it sits outside the charter model the rest of this directory covers, but it is the most accessible way to fly an electric VTOL aircraft today.