Archer's 'No Roads' Tour Takes Off By Completing Midnight's Piloted Roundtrip Flight From Salinas to Hollister

• On Friday, September 4th, Archer’s all-electric Midnight aircraft completed its first stop on its ‘No Roads’ flight tour with a piloted roundtrip journey between Salinas Municipal Airport and Hollister Municipal Airport in California.
• Both legs took roughly 12 minutes in the air, which by comparison can each take ~40 minutes or more by car. (Watch Video)
• The aircraft reached speeds of 125 mph, cruised at 3,550 feet, and covered over 40 miles roundtrip.
• The tour, which is being done in close coordination with the FAA, will continue over the coming weeks with planned flights to Monterey, San Martin, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Texas, and Florida.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) today announced the completion of Midnight’s city-to-city roundtrip flight between Salinas and Hollister, CA - the first stop on the company’s ‘No Roads’ flight tour.

Midnight completed the round trip between Salinas Municipal Airport and Hollister Municipal Airport in roughly 12 minutes each way, which by comparison can each take ~40 minutes or more by car. The all-electric aircraft reached speeds of 125 mph, cruised at 3,550 feet, and covered over 40 miles roundtrip.

The flight comes days after Archer launched its plans for its ‘No Roads’ flight tour and follows a stretch of more than 70 completed test flights in August, including Midnight’s piloted roundtrip journey between Salinas Municipal Airport and Monterey Regional Airport.

The tour is now set to continue in the coming weeks across Northern California with planned flights to Monterey, San Martin, San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco. Working closely with the FAA and state and local partners, this series of flights set the stage for Midnight to then begin flying in the Los Angeles area and conducting operations under the White House's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) in Texas, Florida and New York.

"On Friday, Midnight flew between two California communities in a fraction of the time the trip would take by car. That’s the point of the ‘No Roads’ tour: bring Midnight to cities across America, fly real routes, and build the operational muscle for eIPP operations and LA28 alongside the FAA. Every route we fly makes the next one easier. By the time the world comes to LA for the Games, people will be ready for it,” said Adam Goldstein, Founder and CEO of Archer.

Archer’s goal with its Midnight aircraft is to transform urban travel, replacing 60–90 minute commutes with quiet, all-electric flights that dramatically reduce travel times compared to traditional ground transportation. Archer’s all-electric Midnight air taxi is designed around the urban air mobility use case with the ability to conduct rapid back-to-back flights with zero operating emissions.

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