Deployment
VX4 at Bristol
Four-seat eVTOL with tilt-rotor configuration. EASA DOA and UK CAA Design Organization Approval. Flight testing at Cotswold Airport with full-scale prototype. American Airlines conditional purchase agreement.
VX4 by Vertical Aerospace · Operated by Vertical Aerospace · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Drones
Recent coverage
- Europe's Only VTOL Is Now Called Valo, Targets First Commercial Flight in 2028 - autoevolutionGoogle News · 2025-12-10
- Vertical Aerospace teams with Syensqo for VX4 materials - PlasticsTodayGoogle News · 2025-12-08
- Only eVTOL Made in Europe Ready for Transition Flight, Initial Assembly Locations Revealed - autoevolutionGoogle News · 2025-09-19
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Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL test flights at Cotswold Airport and vertiport in Bristol, UK. EASA certification program. No commercial service as of 2026.
Key facts
- Fleet
- VX4 eVTOL
- Operator
- Vertical Aerospace
- Coverage
- Cotswold Airport and vertiport in Bristol, UK
- Status
- Test flights, no commercial service as of 2026
- Regulatory
- EASA certification program
Safety record
No incidents on record for VX4 at Bristol.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-07-10
- Model
- VX4
- Company
- Vertical Aerospace
- Location
- United Kingdom/Bristol
- Operator
- Vertical Aerospace
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- ID
6f7f50af-b670-44c2-8738-e156d8ef870a
Timeline
- Jun 2026created
- Jul 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
VX4 operates in Bristol. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-10
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: development
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for VX4 at Bristol.Common questions
- What is the VX4 deployment at Bristol?
- VX4, built by Vertical Aerospace, is recorded as a deployment at Bristol on the DEPLOY registry. Vertical Aerospace operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates VX4 at Bristol?
- Vertical Aerospace, the manufacturer of VX4, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the VX4 deployment at Bristol?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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