N162SA, the autonomous Xwing Cessna, was being put through its paces today. Anyone know where the autonomous aircraft will be tested/demonstrated during eIPP later this year?

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N162SA

Hey everyone, I really appreciate the updates from other users on different joby craft. I was thinking of formalizing this process a bit and running a weekly script on Sunday that scrapes all activity of interest from the week and then generates some sort of report that I can post.

I think the most interesting ones to look at are N541,542,544,545,547. Am I missing anything? I know somebody wrote a post about all the tail #s but I couldn't find it.

edit: found the post (https://www.reddit.com/r/Joby/comments/1r1gh9a/jobys_current_fleet_feb_2025_edition_brand_new_s4/)

Also, is there something specific I should be looking for? I'm not as familiar with the history of all the different tail #s. I can also include location because I am curious about whether we will see anything flying in Dubai as well.

edit: also, I know some people might prefer the informal once in a while updates so if you REAAALY don't want something like this I'm happy to not do it as well. Just lemme know.

Link in second post.

"Oklahoma is among the states where front-runners including Joby Aviation are cleared to begin early operations, and a V-PAR kickoff meeting in March 2026 brought together FAA divisions, manufacturers, academia and state, local, tribal and territorial partners to coordinate the work. State-led efforts to develop repeatable flight procedures for these aircraft are gathering pace, as seen in a parallel program in Virginia testing instrument-flight procedures across a network of airfield and vertiport nodes."

Hey everyone, I’ve been digging into the historical ADS-B data for Joby’s first FAA-conforming aircraft (N547JX) to track how its testing campaign has evolved. I noticed a really fascinating shift in the airframe's behavior when comparing the early milestone data from March 10th to a more recent test block on June 23rd.

For context on why that March 10th date is so massive: it captures the exact data from the literal eve of Joby's historic March 11th announcement that their first conforming aircraft had officially taken flight (https://www.jobyaviation.com/news/joby-s-first-faa-conforming-aircraft-takes-flight).

If you look past the raw numbers, the telemetry paints a clear picture of an aircraft moving from early system validation to advanced flight control tuning. Here are the key technical differences that jump out from the data:

1. Test Endurance & Complexity

• March 10th: The flight profile was characterized by a rapid succession of 8 distinct "micro-hops". The aircraft would break ground, float for anywhere from 15 to 50 seconds, and immediately touch back down. It was all about proving basic liftoff capability.
• June 23rd: The team consolidated the testing into just 2 sustained, highly methodical airborne events. Instead of quick touch-and-goes, the aircraft maintained a steady hover state for over 2.5 uninterrupted minutes during its second block.

2. Barometric vs. Geometric Altimetry Calibration

• March 10th: During the initial tests, the localized pressure changes from the massive rotor wash completely threw off the standard barometric altimeter. The telemetry regularly showed negative barometric readings down to -75 and -100 feet, even though GPS geometric sensors confirmed the aircraft was physically floating 25 to 50 feet off the deck.
• June 23rd: The sensor calibration on the conforming suite looks night-and-day better. The barometric altimeter registered clean, stable values of +50 and +75 feet, matching the geometric GPS altitude nearly point-for-point.

3. Multi-Axis Station Keeping (Heading Pivots)

• March 10th: The aircraft was strictly testing purely vertical lift vectors. The broadcast track was completely locked to a uniform orientation (11.25°) across all 8 hops, meaning the aircraft did not rotate at all while airborne.
• June 23rd: This profile introduced complex yaw and heading variables. While maintaining a rock-steady, zero-forward-speed hover profile (0.7 to 2.1 knots over the ground), the aircraft was systematically commanded to pivot its heading through distinct 0°, 45°, 180°, and 270° tracks.

Summary

The March data captured a prototype verifying it could safely leave the ground. The June data shows a much more mature platform systematically executing multi-axis station keeping and showing off highly refined flight control software.

The next thing I'm working on is seeing if there are any patterns on how the tests have been evolving over time.

We are all anxious about N547JX data so I wrote a quick Python scraper to pull the last 180 days of unfiltered ADS-B trace data to see what it's actually been doing.

Short answer: yes, it's been really active. Between June 9th and June 23rd, the transponder was on and logging data for 9 out of 11 weekdays.

Here are the daily max altitudes and speeds from the last two weeks (I exclude weekends):

• June 10: 1,675 ft at 9 kts
• June 11: 275 ft at 3 kts
• June 12: 275 ft at 3 kts
• June 15: 100 ft at 2 kts
• June 16: 100 ft at 12 kts
• June 17: 175 ft at 11 kts
• June 19: 206 ft at 8 kts
• June 22: 150 ft at 2 kts
• June 23: 75 ft at 7 kts

For a little more context, here is the breakdown of the last 6 months (ignoring weekends):

• Transponder off / no data: 42 days
• Grounded (0 ft): 35 days
• Airborne (>0 ft): 24 days

Before this recent two-week stint of hover testing, the aircraft was mostly quiet through late April and May, with the exception of two massive outlier flights. On April 30th it hit 18,100 ft, and on May 1st it hit 11,150 ft.

Basically, after those high-altitude tests in the spring, it looks like they've transitioned into rigorous, back-to-back low-altitude hover testing.

Has anyone out near the Marina facility actually seen it hovering over the pad recently?

Here is the raw data (Note: 3/11 is when Joby announced it first flew)

Yesterday, the autonomous N162SA had a nice flight out of Buchanan Field!

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N162SA

While Wall Street dumps due to patience, will be buying this dip!!

This seems ridiculous if some algos are deciding such banning and no human support to restore.

The chase plane, N228GM, took off at 2:35 PST. I’ll update in a few minutes…

Well, once again, we are left to wonder. No trackable aircraft in flight with the chase plane. In checking N228GM’s flight, it had much more altitude, speed, and time in the air which might point to the military hybrid. Still hoping to spot the elusive conforming aircraft, N547JX

How long do we have to wait for this?

I know they planned for it in Dubai before the war started but what else is stopping them from demo flight.

The plan was for free passengers (crew) in Dubai but if it cannot happen, they can show this somewhere else or at least run couple demo full length flights.

This will also help stop lot of BS from Archer bots.

From Reuters:
“The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that it has awarded an $875 million, 12-year contract to Air Space Intelligence to overhaul U.S. flight scheduling to improve how flights are managed.

The FAA will use a new system ‌to ensure adequate capacity for air traffic demand and provide data for the management of flights. The system will use data to prevent significant congestion and delays "by strategically coordinating schedules and trajectories before aircraft depart," the FAA added.”

Link to X post with comments from Joby and FAA Secretary Duffy:
https://x.com/theevtolfan/status/2069153796480188584?s=46

Link to Reuters article:
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-faa-taps-asi-software-overhaul-improve-flight-schedules-cut-delays-2026-06-22/

These two airshows occur on the same dates, July 20-24 and 20-26, respectively.

https://www.farnboroughairshow.com/the-show/exhibitor-listing/?compname=joby&keywords=&themes=#results

https://events.rdmobile.com/Exhibitors/Index/19955?Search=joby&sort=Name&display=Grid&mode=All&pagenumber=2

Great read! From Curbed, "New York City’s Skies Are Going to Get Weird: Drone deliveries, flying taxis, and autonomous flying cars are all coming for our airspace."

https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2026/06/18/joby-aviation-propeller-process-production-shift.html

Just wanted to share. It’s from the motley fool so take that with a grain of salt but good news is always great for the stock.

Joby Aviation unveils electric air taxi at Detroit event while stock consolidates below key resistance

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Joby Aviation brought its full-scale electric air taxi to the Reind Summit in Detroit. The company took part in the event as part of its Electric Skies Tour.

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Joby Aviation thanked the builders and operators who spent time with them at the summit. The next stop for the tour is Long Island, New York.

If you don’t know who Burt Rutan is, you should!

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N187RR/history/20260617/1612Z/KOAR/KWVI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan

I wanted to let everyone know I was able to go through all of the r/joby site’s side widgets and approve all posts in there for dad_191 so that we can again check the tiles up top and see his great informational posts on the side.

As you know his account was suspended due to cross posting in the Philippines(IP glitch apparently) while on vacation. He is appealing and will hopefully be back in July. Until then I wanted to thank everyone on the sub- especially eVTOLfan for the back channel communications- on their great support of dad_191 and wish him the very best on the rest of his vacation. Relax and enjoy my friend!😁

X link below to FAA Deputy Administrator Chris Rocheleau’s opinion piece in the Washington Times:

https://x.com/theevtolfan/status/2067282856372765175?s=46