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DTA Pitches Two-seat Hybrid eVTOL

French gyroplane maker brings its JP1 multicopter to NBAA-BACE

DTA's two-seat JP1 hybrid eVTOL flies at dusk during uncrewed flight testing in France. — The hybrid-electric JP1 has logged more than 200 hours of remote-controlled test flights in France with a dummy in the pilot’s seat. © DTA Aircraft

By Hanneke Weitering • Science & Technology Editor

October 16, 2026

DTA Aircraft is bringing its JP1 two-seat hybrid-electric multicopter to NBAA-BACE with a pitch to business jet owners: fly yourself from home to the airport where your jet is based, skipping the traffic. The French maker of gyroplanes and ultralight trikes says some business jet owners have already placed pre-orders, and it is using the show to find more buyers as well as U.S. dealers, flight schools, and maintenance partners. DTA plans to assemble the aircraft in Arizona.

Based in Montélimar, France, DTA Aircraft, a subsidiary of French company Vichar, has built aircraft since 1990 and claims that more than 595 of its machines fly in at least 33 countries. Its new U.S. arm, DTA Americas—a Delaware corporation based at Jet Aviation’s facility at Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) in Arizona—opened U.S. pre-orders for the JP1 at $385,000 during EAA AirVenture in July.

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