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Joby Aviation Completes First Autonomous Cross-Country Flight

An aircraft using Joby's autonomy technology flew 3,100 miles across the US without human pilot control.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 18 Sept 2026 · updated 45d ago

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3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 18 Sept 2026. TechCrunch published first, on 18 September at 17:26 UTC; Times of India followed 41h 56m later. The most recent article, from RSS 2.0, appeared on 20 September at 16:32 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: TechCrunch (major outlet), Times of India, RSS 2.0.

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  1. Joby Aviation’s 3,100-mile autonomous flight signals its push beyond electric air taxis TechCrunch ·
  2. Joby Aviation completed a fully autonomous flight from California to North Carolina RSS 2.0
  3. Self-flying aircraft completes first ever flight across US, company honours Wright Brothers Times of India

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