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Of course without the word "flying" the headline loses some of its impact. The European Aviation Safety Agency is still examining the company’s request to have
by Jabbles 6y ago
Of course without the word "flying" the headline loses some of its impact.
The European Aviation Safety Agency is still examining the company’s request to have the vehicles certified to fly.
- rkangel 6y agoPresumably it has actually flown at least once in a test flight, under a specific licence for that flight. Otherwise yes, it's vapourware.
- espadrine 6y agoThe flying tech is well-understood and a bit boring, which is good for this kind of offer. And it is pretty safe (as in: if out of fuel while flying, you won’t drop dead). So yes, the company does show a few videos of flight tests, even though they are not licensed to sell it to be flown by customers. Of course, the real struggle is to find enough customers at this high price point. Since customers will still need to drive to the airport and clear a flight plan with ATC when they want to fly, the situations where this drive/fly combination is useful are not widespread.
- edogg 6y agoThere are little air strips all over the place you could land at and then instead of having to figure out a ride to your destination which can be difficult in rural areas you can drive.
- slavak 6y agoAFAIK a VFR flight requires neither filing a flight plan nor talking to ATC, and I doubt this thing is going to get much IFR time.
- C19is20 6y agoAlso "European....", which would lead one to think it was equally legal in Italy, Greece...the UK (until 31 Dec) etc.