Posts Tagged ‘AIRCRAFT’
Uber’s Flying Taxi (Video)
May 9, 2018
Uber unveiled its flying taxi prototype, which looks like a giant drone from CNBC.
So they came up with a concept for a four-passenger taxi that flies? Now THAT’S how you earn the name Uber for real! This is uberAIR.
The reality of urban air transportation is closer than you think. In fact, Uber Elevate has already started exploring the barriers we’ll need to overcome to make vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) a reality and bringing uberAIR to Dallas and Los Angeles by 2020. Watch this video to see what an end-to-end flight in an uberAIR VTOL will look like. We’re excited to partner with some of the world’s top manufacturers, real estate developers, agencies, and cities to make this vision a reality.
Why VTOL?
With VTOL aircrafts, passengers can enjoy quicker daily commutes, while our cities experience less traffic congestion and cleaner air.
– Uber
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Tags: air-taxi, air-taxi service, AIRCRAFT, drone, electrical vertical take-off and landing vehicle, eVTOL, flying car, flying taxis, prototype, rider-first mentality, Uber, Uber Elevate, uberAIR, vertical take off and landing, VTOL | 
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Look, Up In The Sky… It’s The Kitty Hawk Flyer!
April 29, 2017
Maaaan what is it with all these flying car joints as of late?
The Kitty Hawk Flyer is a new, all-electric aircraft. It is safe, tested and legal to operate in the United States in uncongested areas under the Ultralight category of FAA regulations. We’ve designed our first version specifically to fly over water. You don’t need a pilot’s license and you’ll learn to fly it in minutes.
Posted in Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: AIRCRAFT, all electric, all electric aircraft, flying car, Kitty Hawk, Kitty Hawk Flyer, Seaplane | No Comments »
Flying Made Easy: The Icon A5 Mini-Plane (Video)
March 22, 2017
Dope! Got more news on the Icon A5 – the 2-seat mini-plane designed to be so simple that anyone who can drive a car can fly it. The sticker weighs in at just over $200K, so it is near the regular people price range (okay, regular people who have quite a bit of big change to throw around). Plus this plane can land on and take off on water. Put in the money, 30 hours’ training, get a license, and viola… your life is ‘fly’ for real #BALLIN
Check out the latest video above (courtesy USA Today).
Posted in Lifestyle, Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: A5, AIRCRAFT, COLLAPSIBLE SEAPLANE, Icon, ICON A5, ICON A5 AIRCRAFT, mini-plane, Plane, RECREATIONAL AIRCRAFT | No Comments »
Hate Traffic? Then You’re Going To Love Pop.Up, A New Flying Car Concept (Video)
March 17, 2017
They went in on the music. Cool!
Check out this new vehicle concept in the direction of flying cars; and no, not like the flying DeLorean model drone we posted earlier. This flying car is real!
Italdesign and the aerospace industry leader Airbus unveiled Pop.Up, a trailblazing modular ground and air passenger concept vehicle system to relieve the traffic congestion in megacities of the future.
And really cool, huh?
Posted in Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: airbus, AIRCRAFT, CAR, Car Concept, CONCEPT, Concept Car, flying car, flyingcar, gear, geneva motor show, geneva motor show 2017, genevamotorshow2017, italdesign, pop.up, popup, quadcopter, Robots, transportation | No Comments »
Technology: The Icon A5 Collapsible Seaplane (Video)
October 2, 2013
The Icon A5 aircraft is a collapsible seaplane straight from a James Bond movie! Intuitive design (e.g. almost anyone could learn to fly it quickly), portable (no more trouble to transport than towing a speedboat with a hitch)… can run on regular fuel… Man! Now, if they could drop that sticker price a touch. Incredible tech (and ‘big boy’ toy) right here.
READ: ICON A5 AIRCRAFT – COLLAPSIBLE SEAPLANE FOR SPORT FLYING (THRILLIST)
– @ojones1
Posted in Lifestyle, Product, Technology, Videos | Tags: AIRCRAFT, COLLAPSIBLE SEAPLANE, ICON A5 AIRCRAFT, Plane, RECREATIONAL AIRCRAFT | 2 Comments »
