[RomanSoldier19]

Pipstrel Cargo

Linky

[kosciusko51]

Hydrogen used in a flying machine?

Oh, the humanity!

[Telepathic Intruder]

Might as well accomplish two stupidities in one blow.

[lee martell]

I know this happens nowadays, but I’d rather not know about it until I step off the plane (after it lands, that is).

[Regulator]

Pipistrel beez smart

Panthera is great airplane

So is their electric

But humans are not going to ride in robot plane, will want Emergency Human up front.

[Signalman]

Sure. And back in the 50s, they were predicting that by the turn of the century, everyone would be flying around in their jet-powered cars.

[Slyfox]

We could travel to Britain within five years.

Yikes! That is a rather slow plane, isn't it?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Will they be running Windows XP?

[DarthVader]

Fantasy!

[PilotDave]

The uk government pledged 1.9m pounds? Roughly 3 million dollars... to completely revolutionize and remake an industry? A single new airliner sells for $100 million. This is laughable.

[bgill]

Didn't we already play a game of stuff falling from the sky?

[Organic Panic]

It’s government backed. So it must be good.

[Seaplaner]

There is another term for pilotless airplanes...

...passengerless airplanes.

[Zuriel]

Instead of worrying about highjackers, we’ll be worrying about highhackers.

[norwaypinesavage]

"possibly using hydrogen as fuel making them environmentally friendly."

This is either a bald faced lie, or the author is just incredibly stupid. Large quantities of hydrogen are made today out of fossil fuels. Making hydrogen from electrolyzing water it just too energy intensive to be commercially viable, and gives off just as much CO2 as burning it. There will not be enough wind turbines and solar panels in 10 years to do it then, either. Hydrogen is not an "environmentally friendly" fuel today, nor will it be so in a decade either.