Friday, April 17, 2020

Flying cars in three years?


From Breaking Defense

Will Roper, in charge of Air Force acquisitions, sees flying cars “using electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) technology could be in full-up production for the Air Force … within three years.”

The Air Force has a name for its eVTOL program: Agility Prime. The service is working with commercial companies already involved in developing flying cars.

“The Agility Prime program will hold a ‘virtual launch event’ April 27 to allow vendors to showcase their capabilities and interact with potential investors from both the private sector and the military, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) announced earlier this week.


"Mark my word: a combination airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile, but it will come.” – Henry Ford, 1940.

The flying car conception has been around since the beginning of aviation and automobile industries. The period immediately after World War II was filled with ideas of taking a car from its garage, unfolding the wings, starting up and flying off to work.

Fans of flying cars have not developed assurances of safe flying; of mechanical abilities of the average driver; of hundreds, if not thousands, of flying cars in the air.

Landing on my street in a few years? I hope not.



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