Avcen's Flying Taxi 'Jetpod' Coming As Early As 2010

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Avcen's Flying Taxi 'Jetpod' Coming as Early as 2010

by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted May 27th 2008 at 2:25PM

 

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No, that's not a scene from 'The Fifth Element' II. What you see here is the Avcen Limited Jetpod T-100 City Flying Taxi, a VQSTOL (Very Quiet Short Take-off and Landing) vehicle that the company says could be in the air by 2010. The idea is that these flying cars would volley people between city centers and outlying areas (like airports) in order to reduce highway traffic. Avcen says that 75 of these in London could relieve road traffic of 37,000 return car trips per day all the while keeping things quiet and requiring only short landing strips made of pavement or grass. For air geeks, specs include dual jet engines with a thrust of 2 x 13.3 kN, a cruising speed of 350 mph, a range of 920 miles, an operating payload of 1,543 lbs, and seating for 7 pax. Bruce Willis pilot not included.

 

This would be great to get to work in!...

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That would be fun to go anyplace in.