Posted on 01/25/2019 11:08:11 AM PST by Red Badger
Passenger Air Vehicle
On Tuesday, aerospace company Boeing completed the first ever test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) — a flying car, basically — at a facility in Virginia.
The prototype, which sports wings and a rear propeller, completed a takeoff and hovered to test its “autonomous functions and ground control systems,” according to an official press release. In other words, the world is one step closer to a practical flying car. Autonomous Flying Cars
The PAV was designed by Boeing research subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences, and is part of Boeing NeXt, the company’s urban air travel division.Other Boeing NeXt projects include an electric unmanned cargo air vehicle that can carry up to 500 pounds (227 kilos). Boeing’s flying car is 30 feet (9 meters) long and has a range of up to 50 miles (80.5 kilometers).
Notably, it will mostly fly itself. Boeing says it will eventually be capable of fully autonomous flight from takeoff to landing.
“Certifiable autonomy is going to make quiet, clean and safe urban air mobility possible,” CEO of Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Science John Langford said in the press release. Beautiful Whips
The race to bring the flying car to the mainstream is only starting to heat up. Vahana, a subsidiary of aerospace giant Airbus, completed its first test flight of its flying car last year. A number of smaller aerospace companies are also working on competing models.
We’re inching ever closer to a future in which individuals will be able to take to the skies on board flying cars. Once the tech is thoroughly tested, its future will be in the hands of federal regulators — and marketers tasked with selling the futuristic rides to consumers.
https://gulfnews.com/uae/transport/watch-dubai-tests-first-manned-drone-1.1977905
"You're going to need a bigger garage."
FINALLY!
How many cup holders does it have?
The market for that will be small, but the price tag is likely to be big. People in Dubai get bored too. They have little use for yachts or speedboats.
If this thing flys above a minimum altitude and minimum speed, there is no way anyone without an FAA Pilot Cert. will be allowed to just get in one and fly it. It may be a special category below Private Pilot but the govt. will still require some type of training and testing before you can fly it, even if it’s completely computer controlled.
True, but it will be neat.
May thin the herd a bit as well......................
Wow i am really excited!!......for multi-billion dollar hedge fund managers and such.
for me?
not so much...
Who's there
Pizza man
WHO?
land shark
You’re going to have to sleep in a bunker.
Of course the government will regulate it. They regulate how much water your toilet can use, for pete’s sake. They’re not about to keep their fingers out of this.
Yes! Oh happy day! When I was a kid my Dad took me to the 1964 Worlds Fair in New York and we went on GM’s “World Of Tomorrow’’ ride. They said we’d have flying cars in ten years. Well, better late then never.
The video appears to be a completely different vehicle, at least to me.
Nah. Normal DL should be just fine. LOL! Will it have a breathalyzer as standard pre flight start ops? Weed detector? Opioid sampler?
Sorry, wrong link....................
Will try and get the real one.................
A 50-mile range should probably be sufficient to get me from the mainland to my private island, but I will probably need a refueling station for the return trip. Boeing should contact me when they have one that’ll have closer to a 200-mile range.
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