German start-up Lilium has revealed the initial prototype of its developmental five-seat electric-powered Lilium Jet air taxi, hot on the heels of the aircraft's first flight earlier this month. That maiden sortie took place on 4 May at Oberpfaffenhofen in southern Germany and lasted around 1min, with the jet in a low, untethered hover. Powered by 36 tilting electric fans - 24 on the wings and 12 on the nose - the Lilium Jet can take off and land vertically, and then switch to horizontal cruise.
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