Transport Canada grants Astro Aerospace SFOC for flight testing of their passenger drone, “Elroy”

Kim Stevens Unmanned Systems

Astro Aerospace Ltd. (OTCQB:ASDN), the company creating autonomous eVTOL (Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aerial vehicles and drones, has announced this week that they have been granted a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC), a permit for the operation of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system, for its passenger drone project, “Elroy”.

Astro CEO Bruce Bent says, “Achieving flight approval status through Transport Canada is another step in the right direction for Astro and we are both grateful and appreciative to have been recognized as a valued developer of UAV aircraft and look forward to continued work with Transport Canada in this exciting new category.”

Astro’s drone; Elroy will be flight tested at the Toronto Markham Airport (CNU8) this week and will perform multiple flight maneuvers, take offs and landings, exercising its newly developed Avionics software and flight control systems.

Elroy is Astro’s two passenger eVTOL, short haul aerial vehicle with the ability to travel up to 70km/hr for 25 minutes completely emission free and is ideal for urban commutes, turning 2 hour trips into 20 minutes.

Its industry leading Touch Screen Control system, flight control algorithm and fully electric powertrain is set to change the landscape of daily travel.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.