Flying car completes 35-minute test flight between cities

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A prototype flying car has completed a test flight between two cities in Slovakia, spending 35 minutes airborne.

Flying car completes 35-minute test flight between cities
A prototype flying car has completed a test flight between two cities in Slovakia, spending 35 minutes airborne.
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10:01 PM · Jul 4, 2021

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/30/business/flying-car-flight-slovakia-scli-intl/index.html


London (CNN Business) — A prototype flying car has completed a test flight between two cities in Slovakia, spending 35 minutes airborne.

Klein Vision's AirCar flew between Nitra and the capital Bratislava on Monday, according to a press release published Wednesday.

The AirCar Prototype 1 is powered by a 160 horsepower BMW engine, and comes equipped with a fixed propeller. It transforms from aircraft to road vehicle in less than three minutes.

It has now completed more than 40 hours of test flights, according to Klein Vision, including flying at 8,200 feet and reaching a maximum cruising speed of 190 kilometers per hour (118 miles per hour).

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[Lucinda]

1. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[RockRaven]

2. What's the carbon emission footprint per person per mile?

Shit like this is going to make humans extinct.

[PsakiPswirli]

5. Sooner....

if licensed in Florida.

[sdfernando]

3. AMC was first......

and Scarmanga is not happy!

[ChrisF1961]

10. Lol!

[trusty elf]

4. If you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze.

[Walleye]

9. Used to call my 1962 Oldsmobile station wagon my airmobile,back in the day

[ZonkerHarris]

6. It's been done nearly 70 years ago.

[monkeyman1]

7. you forgot !

it has a self contained parachute that brings you & car to the ground in case of screw up's ! it's pretty damn cool machine . watched videos of it transforming !

[Renew Deal]

8. I don't think that flying cars with propellers and wings are practical.

Too difficult to take off. Too easy to crash. People won’t accept even a small accident rate once these things collide and hit the ground. The only flying cars that can work are the Star Wars type where the car floats. Then there is less concern about them falling out of the sky.

[Maraya1969]

11. That is so cool! I was stunned seeing how the whole thing contracted back into

a car at the end.

People are so smart!

[raccoon]

12. If that catches on, they'll be colliding all over the place. Nt

[tanyev]

16. And then dropping out of the sky. :(

It's hard enough to avoid all the aholes that are on the ground.

[snpsmom]

13. Oh good

another toy for rich people with the bonus of adding to carbon emissions.

[wackadoo wabbit]

14. About time! Weren't we promised these by the 1970s? /nt

[brooklynite]

15. ...then spent 40 minutes looking for parking.

[alphafemale]

17. Hard NO! People can't manage to drive in two dimensions.

On marked roads.

[MineralMan]

18. Ooooh! Just what overly wealthy people need! Now, they

can fly from their mansion's landing strip to the country club's landing strip without mingling on the highway with the rest of us.

Of course, they'll have to take flying lessons, get a pilot's license, and drive to the gas station from time to time.

There are so many reasons flying cars never worked out. None of those have changed.

[Chainfire]

19. Flying cars! Bringing drunk driving to a whole new level. ;)

[madville]

20. Completely useless but neat!

Nothing at all practical about it but still cool.