by Mish Shedlock, Mish Talk:
In grade school, way back in the 1960s, I thought we would have flying cars within 30 or 40 years. I called them PFVs. My vision was way too early. But they have finally arrived.
Flying Car Prototype Gets Airworthiness Certificate From the FAA
CNN reports Flying Car Prototype Gets Airworthiness Certificate From the FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration has certified for testing a vehicle that a California startup describes as a flying car, the first fully electric vehicle that can both fly and travel on roads to receive US government approval.
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Alef Automotive said that its vehicle/aircraft, dubbed the “Model A,” is the first flying vehicle that is drivable on public roads and able to park like a normal car. It also has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. It apparently will be able to carry one or two occupants and will have a road-range of 200 miles and a flying range of 110 miles.
The company expects to sell the vehicle for $300,000 each with the first delivery by projected for the end of 2025.
“AirCar is no longer just a proof of concept,” Zajac said in the press release. “It has turned science fiction into a reality.”
The company is working on a model called AirCar Prototype 2, which will boast a 300 horsepower engine.
It is expected to be able to cruise at 300 kilometers per hour (186 miles per hour) and have a range of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles).
In August 2020, Japanese company Sky Drive Inc. conducted Japan’s first public demonstration of a flying vehicle. The car took off from Toyota Test Field and circled for around four minutes.
Flying Car Completes First Ever Inter-City Flight
The Model A
Here is a more recent video.
PFVs Have Arrived
The vehicle is certified what about the [driver/flyer/pilot]? The word car does not seem appropriate.
I am pleased to report PFVs have arrived, including FAA certification. The $300,000 cost is much cheaper than I would have guessed a few years ago.
I wonder how much training you need top fly one of these vehicles.
By the way, I have always been convinced that UFO were nothing more than tests of such vehicles and other top secret military prototypes, not space aliens.
Addendum
A reader commented: “I’m surprised this got approval. Where is it supposed to land? It must need an airport, and I am sure air traffic control really needs more small flying objects to monitor, no? And whereas driving is relatively easy to learn, flying needs time and experience. The first one of these flying cars to knock off a wing or stabilizer from a commercial jet may prompt a lot of regulation, not to mention alarm in the aviation insurance business.”
