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Wisk Aero’s second Generation 6 autonomous aircraft enters flight testing with a May 4 Hollister, Calif., sortie

Wisk Aero has completed the first flight of its second Generation 6 autonomous air taxi aircraft, flying the test platform from Hollister, California on May 4. The company says it put two Boeing-backed certification aircraft into simultaneous flight testing, doubling the pace of its Gen 6 certification flight program.

Discovered 2026-05-04T09:36:35.049503-07:00 | 2026-05-04T09:36:35.049503-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

This is the next step in Wisk’s Generation 6 program momentum after the company’s first Gen 6 flight testing, now scaling evidence collection across two Boeing-backed certification aircraft via simultaneous sorties (source:21679229-7b87-4f17-ae93-250dd6e53ead).
The move directly impacts the timetable pressure around autonomous eVTOL certification—turning earlier “airborne capability” milestones into higher-rate test data needed to satisfy regulators and de-risk operations (source:cb9c4d97-06c6-4ac1-b5f8-dcea3e09403b).
It also reinforces the broader industry push to operationalize automated flight rules and airspace integration for high-density autonomous aviation (source:bec24814-1707-4ea2-8f17-77b6b2dcffba).

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Aviation Week aaminternational.com pilootenvliegtuig.nl aiaa.org aerobuzz.fr AINonline

Sources Tracked: 15
First Seen: 2026-05-04T09:36:35.049503-07:00
Latest Update: 2026-05-08T21:11:21.129101-07:00
Coverage: Aviation

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2026-05-08T21:11:21.129101-07:00

Wisk Expands Gen 6 Flight Test Campaign With Second Aircraft • Aviation Week

2026-05-08T02:11:14.311194-07:00

Wisk Aero Expands Autonomous Flight Test Fleet • aaminternational.com

2026-05-07T02:12:42.475521-07:00

Wisk Aero start testvluchten tweede Gen-6 prototype • pilootenvliegtuig.nl

2026-05-06T14:13:02.208295-07:00

Wisk Aero Conducts First Flight of Second Generation 6 eVTOL Prototype • aiaa.org

2026-05-06T02:57:10.047736-07:00

(FR) Wisk’s Second Gen6 eVTOL Prototype Takes Flight • aerobuzz.fr

2026-05-05T11:41:52.976378-07:00

Wisk Aero Makes First Flight With Second Gen 6 eVTOL Aircraft Prototype • AINonline

2026-05-05T10:35:06.239396-07:00

Second Gen 6 Aircraft Accelerates Wisk’s Flight Test Program • autonomyglobal.co

2026-05-05T06:56:25.556725-07:00

Boeing’s Wisk Aero Doubles Autonomous Air Taxi Test Fleet • Flying Magazine

2026-05-05T04:10:49.106914-07:00

Wisk expands eVTOL test fleet with second Generation 6 aircraft • Aerospace Testing Intnl

2026-05-05T03:49:03.217262-07:00

2nd Gen 6 Aircraft Accelerates Wisk's Flight Test Program • marketforecast.com

2026-05-05T02:53:39.152871-07:00

Wisk’s Flight Test Program Accelerates As Second Generation of its Gen 6 Aircraft Takes Flight • eVTOL Insights

2026-05-04T13:59:07.535517-07:00

Milestone for Wisk Aero as Second Generation 6 Enters Testing • aviationnews.eu

2026-05-04T12:26:26.819578-07:00

Wisk reports first flight of its “second generation 6” aircraft • Urban Air Mobility News

2026-05-04T11:10:42.190435-07:00

Wisk Aero Flies Second Gen 6 Autonomous Air Taxi, Doubling Certification Test Rate • DroneXL

2026-05-04T09:36:35.049503-07:00

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Vertical Mag • Wisk Press Release

Wisk accelerates test program with first flight of second Gen 6 aircraft

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