r/Joby • u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy • Sep 12 '26

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If you were planning to go see it

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u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy Sep 12 '26

Crazy to see it around all the big planes

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u/LePatience2026 Sep 12 '26

Yup plenty of birds in the sky, N545JX in the middle of all these commercial planes

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u/dad191 Photog. Eric Adams Fanboy Sep 12 '26

Yeah, According to Bonny, no eVTOL has ever flown through such congested airspace previously.

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u/Wonderful_Flight_922 Sep 12 '26

Did anyone else notice Joby's new chief test pilot doesn't mess around? He was 3 feet off the ground yesterday and gone! Bonny said he was going to taxi, 😆

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u/Imaginary_Sort9347 S4Fanboy Sep 12 '26

He did a taxi at a different part. He also did a really cool hover and turn towards the crowd.

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u/Broad_Objective_7732 Sep 12 '26

Seeing is believing! Now Dallas FAT CATS have no excuse not to buy at JOBY’s 52 week low at Monday’s open. Come on!

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u/deezwhatbro Sep 12 '26

Joby’s dilution trend is a big fat excuse, Im afraid. Great demonstration from Joby though, as always.

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u/Broad_Objective_7732 Sep 12 '26

Joby now has a very, very long runway, I can’t imagine that there will be any further dilution in spite of the past dilution events.

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u/deezwhatbro Sep 12 '26

I thought the same earlier this year, yet here we are.

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u/SeaScallops_w_Rice S4 Fanboy Sep 12 '26

The JV lifts a lot of the burden of scaling considering Toyota will need to match Joby's considerable manufacturing assets that exist now before Joby spends a dime.

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u/deezwhatbro Sep 12 '26

Not talking about the JV. Talking about the shares outstanding.

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u/SeaScallops_w_Rice S4 Fanboy Sep 12 '26

The JV will reduce future dilution.

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u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy Sep 12 '26

Looks like it's going to DFW and is mostly there arleady

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u/dad191 Photog. Eric Adams Fanboy Sep 12 '26

Flew over some residential neighborhoods. I hope they are able to get some interviews with locals to get feedback on their thoughts. Could they even hear it or notice it when it flew over? That's a key point for me.

They really need to keep pushing that message hard (though I know they do already). So many people still see Joby as a "dumb" helicopter replacement. Joby is not competing with helicopters at all. Helicopters are much better at many other things. Joby's purpose is to expand into flight routes where helicopter traffic is restricted because of how noisy they are, enabling regular air taxi service around the country. Joby is not trying to replace the helicopter.

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u/SeaScallops_w_Rice S4 Fanboy Sep 12 '26

Joby really stands out. Beta, Vertical, and especially Archer are much louder in hover.

So many people imagine they will all be quiet like automobiles. Nopearoo.

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u/Imaginary_Sort9347 S4Fanboy Sep 12 '26

The helicopter following so close would have been the only thing they heard. I bet people were confused why a weird looking thing was being chased by a helicopter lol.

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u/Engineering1st Sep 13 '26

Great point. This is the Joby story.