Seven Minutes, JFK to Manhattan: Joby’s Air Taxi Flies NYC

On a clear Sunday morning in late April, a small white aircraft with six tilting propellers lifted off from John F. Kennedy International Airport and headed northwest toward the gleaming towers of Midtown Manhattan. Seven minutes later, it touched down at the East 34th Street Heliport, its electric motors whirring to a gentle stop above the East River. No jet fuel was burned. No thundering turbine