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Let’s Call Flying Taxis and eVTOLs What They Really Are
It seems like every day I see something in my aviation news feed about some sort of new “flying car” being built by some random startup that says it’s revolutionising transportation. These vehicles are neat, but call them what they really are: electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Because they’re not flying cars.
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Flying Taxis Just a Few Years Away According to Paper of Record
Have you ever imagined getting to the airport in a flying taxi, soaring over the chumps who are stuck in traffic below? It’s been a dream of the future for decades. But the New York Times says it could be coming soon. Again.
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NASA Flight Tests of Futuristic ‘Air Taxi’ Are Finally Underway
The first official tests of Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle have begun. NASA is leading these tests, which it’s doing to foster the development of similarly advanced aircraft.
