Jason Ford

The Engineer Q&A: Taking flying cars into production

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Flying cars have made a slow transition from science fiction to production, but that could be about to change following AirCar's flight from Nitra Airport to Bratislava Airport where it made its 142nd successful landing.

After landing, Klein Vision's AirCar Prototype 1 quickly transitioned into sports car mode for a road journey into downtown Bratislava.

The Engineer spoke to Anton Zajac, co-founder of Klein Vision, to discuss the motivation behind AirCar and the future of dual mode personal transport.

There are about 20,000 small, private planes in the United States. I’m an owner of one of the planes, and I know what my pain point is: when I… want to fly and go to a hangar, usually I have to take three planes out of the hangar before I can pick out my plane, and then I have to push back the three that I took out. It’s just…too inconvenient. Moreover, to get to the airport, I need to take my car. With an AirCar, you can cut the time and hassles almost infinitely and, if we can sell these to five per cent of the aircraft owners, that’s a huge market right there.

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