If 2017 is remembered for anything in the aviation industry, it could very well be as the Year of the Flying Car. Now more than ever, tech companies and Silicon Valley billionaires are competing to make The Jetsons a reality, to the point that the race for commercial space flight and the race for Mars have become secondary stories.
100 Years of Flying Cars
Key Takeaways:
- The year 2017 saw a significant resurgence in the development of "flying cars" and VTOL air taxis, with major tech and auto companies like Daimler, Toyota, Uber, Google's Kitty Hawk, and Airbus heavily investing in creating on-demand aerial transportation.
- The concept of flying cars has a century-long history (dating back to 1917), marked by numerous ambitious prototypes across various designs (hybrids, heli-cars, hover bikes, turbine-powered aircraft).
- Despite a long history of projects failing to achieve commercial success or even consistent flight due to technical challenges and public disinterest, the dream of personal aerial mobility continues to drive current innovation and development efforts.
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