The Consumer Technology Association's annual CES (previously the "Consumer Electronics Show") was held Jan. 3-7 this year, at the peak of the COVID-19 Omicron spike. Like many large events in the past year, CES 2022 had a smaller-than-normal attendance. With many big automotive companies converting to virtual due to the pandemic, advanced air mobility received more attention, even without the splashy unveils of the Bell and Hyundai electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) concepts in previous years. Regular Vertiflite contributor Nicolas Zart was invited by SkyDrive to support their CES launch and augmented the limited attendance of their team from Japan. The SkyDrive booth saw a constant stream of eager visitors waiting in line to get into the company's SD-03 eVTOL for a tantalizing feel of what it will be like to fly in this diminutive aircraft.
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