Just a quick response to address the most serious part of your post - 1 plane.
In order to go through the certification process, you only need 1 plane. To have 2,3,4,5 or more planes during the process is simply a waste of $.
5 planes sitting around would equate to 5 times the expenses.
When certified, Baltia plans on expanding the number of planes to 5 within the first 12 months.
And yes, many of us have seen the plane (and touched her) as well as visited HQ at JFK (every year that is where the shareholder's meetings are held).
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