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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T23:20:15.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Aircraft Development",
    "CityAirbus",
    "David Löbl",
    "DRF Luftrettung",
    "ERC",
    "ERC System",
    "eVTOL",
    "Lilium",
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  "textContent": "Not that long ago, Germany was the center of gravity for Europe’s burgeoning electric vertical take-off and landing industry, home to ambitious aircraft development programs at Lilium, Volocopter and Airbus. By 2025, those dreams had collapsed. Lilium and Volocopter went bankrupt and had their intellectual property sold to foreign entities, while Airbus put its CityAirbus eVTOL on ice, no longer feeling pressure to compete with startups selling visions of air taxis. Although Volocopter […]\n\nThe post Newcomer ERC, now flight testing, keeps Germany’s eVTOL dreams alive appeared first on The Air Current.",
  "title": "Newcomer ERC, now flight testing, keeps Germany’s eVTOL dreams alive"
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