A colleague shared this link to a flying car that’s now street legal in the Netherlands and developed and manufactured by PAL-V a Dutch company. Its not a VTOL aircraft as it still needs a runway, but it’s a start in the right direction.
I know we now have Urban Air Mobility vehicles in development/test and if you didn’t manage to see the IET Aerospace/ADS webinar on this topic back in June, then you can still register to watch OnDemand.
There’s also further resources on UAMs on the Flight Crowd website on UAMs which you may find interesting.
Being a sci-fi fan, I’ve always wished I could have one of the cars that feature in the two Blade Runner films, i.e. the original with Harrison Ford and the latest version with Ryan Gosling. Just being able to do a VTOL and get out of a traffic jam would be great. Al the thought of being able to fly at low levels interests me as well, as being into archaeology the idea of being able to view archaelolgical sites from the air would be excellent.
Looking ahead how far off we are in relation to the reality of a true flying car like the one in Blade Runner, is that too far off in the future or something that may be possible in this decade?
Finally, what’s your favourite movie ‘flying car’? Does the De Lorean in the Back to the Future films count?
