Joby Aviation(@jobyaviation):IT'S OFFICIAL. An autonomous aircraft has crossed the country. 🇺🇸 The J208 reached Outer Banks, North Carolina on the first autonomous flight across America. To mark the moment, this episode of Joby Recon hosted by @maxabusa takes you inside the program and the team behind it: how a converted Cessna Caravan takes off, flies, and lands autonomously, with a pilot commanding the mission remotely from a keyboard, a mouse, and a mic. 122 years ago, the first powered flight lifted off at Kitty Hawk. Today, the future of flight arrived autonomously near the same dunes where it all began. Watch now on YouTube ⬇️

2026.09.16 13:28

IT'S OFFICIAL. An autonomous aircraft has crossed the country. 🇺🇸 The J208 reached Outer Banks, North Carolina on the first autonomous flight across America. To mark the moment, this episode of Joby Recon hosted by @maxabusa takes you inside the program and the team behind it: how a converted Cessna Caravan takes off, flies, and lands autonomously, with a pilot commanding the mission remotely from a keyboard, a mouse, and a mic. 122 years ago, the first powered flight lifted off at Kitty Hawk. Today, the future of flight arrived autonomously near the same dunes where it all began. Watch now on YouTube ⬇️