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Why We Are Here => Hardware & Technology => Topic started by: rcjordan on January 25, 2022, 08:58:45 PM

Title: Flying car has been issued a certificate of airworthiness
Post by: rcjordan on January 25, 2022, 08:58:45 PM
From the road to the sky in minutes, this convertible car is now certified to fly — Future Blink
https://mashable.com/video/air-car-flying-car-klein-vision-airworthiness-certificate

Reminds me of the Plymouth Superbird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Superbird#/media/File:Plymouth_Road_Runner_Superbird.jpg
Title: Re: Flying car has been issued a certificate of airworthiness
Post by: ergophobe on January 28, 2022, 03:43:30 PM
>>70 hours of flight tests

I think I'll wait for it to get a few more hours before climbing aboard.
Title: Re: Flying car has been issued a certificate of airworthiness
Post by: ergophobe on January 28, 2022, 10:48:06 PM
Flying taxis are lining up for certification
A Chinese firm may be first past the post
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/flying-taxis-are-lining-up-for-certification/21807390

QuoteMr Henning is not alone in betting that electric vertical take-off and landing (evtol) aircraft have a bright future. Other aeronautical engineers have thrown in their lots with some 200 such projects around the world, attracting $5.1bn in investment last year,
Title: Re: Flying car has been issued a certificate of airworthiness
Post by: ergophobe on November 22, 2022, 08:44:15 PM
"Flying taxis" are taking off

https://view.e.economist.com/?qs=de34f96e0cc7fe1d1fc087f535d8fe8dccb51b64144724918b392b011292f8968db98b42be6ea2c0801db3432e899e9ddee5929294a1ed2e69a9d6423f7b97851554045553b8aa2fa5b6a4ac767b57a0

Full article (paywall)
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/11/16/a-new-type-of-air-terminal-opens-for-flying-taxis