The athletes will, of course, be hoping to make history, but so will one aviation start-up, Volocopter.
Volocopter expects to get the European aerospace regulator, EASA, to clear its machine, the VoloCity to carry passengers in the next few months, so they can be ready for the Olympics. But some would argue that the biggest challenges lie ahead for Volocopter and its rivals. In the coming years they will need to show that there is a market for their aircraft.
Mr Bauer acknowledges the challenge: "What is hindering us is right now the battery technology, which all the peers are right now working on." Rather than using rotors like Volocopter, Lilium uses 30 electric jets that can be tilted in unison to swing between vertical lift and forward flight. It expects to get certification from EASA in 2025.
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