Slovak engineer Stefan Klein scooted ahead of companies working on prototype helicopter hybrids and electric flying machines to bring his AirCar through testing and certification in Slovakia. It is scheduled to go into mass production this summer, the world's first flying car to do so. The AirCar will be manufactured by Klein Vision and is expected to be available in early 2026. This vehicle looks like a large expensive sports car, with wings that unfold at the touch of a button. It uses an old-fashioned gasoline engine, and requires a runway of about 300 meters (984 feet).
That doesn't mean the skies will be full of flying cars anytime soon. To use the AirCar, operators must be both licensed drivers and licensed pilots. And the cost of an AirCar will be between $800,000 and a million dollars. That means you and I will be safely relegated to the ground while millionaires fly overhead. However, you might want to keep an eye out for when these bigwigs crash into each other directly above you. Read about the AirCar and see a video clip at ZME Science. -via Real Clear Science
(Image credit: Klein Vision)
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People do enough stupid things in cars when they're restricted to two dimensions; I shudder to think of what will happen when they get a third.
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