Posted on 01/25/2022 10:55:45 AM PST by Red Badger
The Civil Aviation Division of the Transport Authority of Slovakia has granted a Certificate of Airworthiness to Klein Vision's AirCar Klein Vision VIEW 5 IMAGES
Following its maiden flight toward the end of 2020, and flying city-to-city for the first time in June of last year, Klein Vision's AirCar flying car has now been granted a Certificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority.
Way back in the mists of 2016, Professor Stefan Klein parted ways from a Slovak air mobility company called Aeromobil to work on his own flying car. An eight-strong team has since notched up some 100,000 man-hours to take design drawings into computer models and on to working prototypes.
The AirCar has now clocked up more than 70 hours of test flights to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards, including 200 takeoffs and landings on cross-country jaunts, on its way to being awarded the Certificate of Airworthiness.
"Transportation Authority carefully monitored all stages of unique AirCar development from its start in 2017," said René Molnár, director of the Civil Aviation Division of the Transport Authority of Slovakia. "The transportation safety is our highest priority. AirCar combines top innovations with safety measures in line with EASA standards. It defines a new category of a sports car and a reliable aircraft. Its certification was both a challenging and fascinating task."
"The Certificate of Airworthiness is an official certificate issued in compliance with all EASA regulations for its member states," the company's cofounder, Anton Zajac, told us. "Each member state appoints local authority to issue certificates valid across the member countries. Hence, Aircar could fly into the UK and we do have plans to fly to London from Paris in near future.
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Flying Car Pingy!....................
Why? Suboptimal plane and suboptimal car.
Just fly a regular plane and call Uber at your destination.
At last, flying cars!
What could possibly go wrong?
I know that the Czeks have a great aviation heritage, but....
This is actually pretty cool!
I would get one.
Probably out of my price range though.
You’re right of course but...it’s still cool.
Way better looking then the old Molt Taylor AeroCar.
Yes, high cool factor and it will appeal to people who have more money than they know what to do with.
Swell. But is it as good as a Moller SkyCar? /s
“And we would certainly not be surprised to learn there’s enough of those out there to buy the first 500-unit production run, despite the vehicle’s €1.2 to 1.5 million (US$1.3 to $1.6 million) price tag.”
From a hotlink within the article, but I note, it takes premium gas.
Bravo, Bravo, well said. Buy this person a dinner & of course drinks.
Great. Now the murderously insane @$$holes where I live can pass me illegally in three dimensions.
I saw that. Had to back up and read it. Hoped it said Brandon, but...
Not surprised at the cost at all. I just saw yesterday that the price of a new Cessna 172 is expected to top $500,000 this year. That’s insane. The 172 is a nearly 70-year-old design, and is a very basic airplane with low performance, yet it now costs half a million dollars. The avionics and a few minor features have been upgraded, but it’s still the same old airframe.
Cessna has said that the company’s liability insurance costs “well into six figures” for every 172 manufactured, which explains a large part of the obscene price. I remember flying a brand new 172 back in the mid-80s, right before liability costs forced Cessna to temporarily stop manufacturing single-engine aircraft, and I also remember it’s price: $76,000. If you parked that 172 next to one manufactured in 2022, you’d be hard pressed to tell them apart. It’s just insane what GA aircraft cost these days, with small piston engine airplanes going for what turboprops or corporate jets cost years ago.
Yes, the lawyers killed the small plane industry.
I knew a lot of people who used to have a small plane, some even for daily commute.
Now, I guess, you have to build it yourself.
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