Joby Aviation Completes First Transcontinental Autonomous Flight With Modified Cessna

By Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering · 2026-09-18

Interesting Engineering reports that Joby Aviation successfully flew an aircraft 3,199 miles across the United States without any pilot input. While a safety pilot was present in the cockpit, the flight was managed via remote supervision from facilities thousands of miles away. T

Interesting Engineering reports that Joby Aviation successfully flew an aircraft 3,199 miles across the United States without any pilot input. While a safety pilot was present in the cockpit, the flight was managed via remote supervision from facilities thousands of miles away. T