Company chooses Ohio for facility to make hundreds of flying taxis

by JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press

Mon, September 18th 2023, 1:48 PM UTC

In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Jobyâs pre-production prototype aircraft in flight above the companyâs facilities in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)

In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Jobyâs pre-production prototype aircraft at the companyâs flight test facility in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)

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In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Jobyâs pre-production prototype aircraft in flight above the companyâs facilities in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)

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