Flying Taxi Please
Flying taxis are taking off to whisk people around cities.
Throughout history humans have been finding creative new ways to get places. From the invention of the wheel to cattle, horses and of course the automobile, trains, trolleys etc. Sometimes the genius seen by one isn't realized by the majority and never really takes off. For example, the segway, the three wheeled vehicle, Audi Snook, or even a train that flies along the tracks. They weren't feasible and didn't solve important pains.
The race to come up with the next greatest innovation in transportation is still very real. Elon Musk is currently working on and will soon be testing his rapid-transit tunnel under Los Angeles. The 16 passenger pods are supposed to travel 600 miles an hour with the help of a hyperloop system that sucks air out one end. We also have multiple companies working on self driving cars and trucks. Companies like Google, Uber, almost every car manufacturer, and even universities.
Now lets talk about flight. In the fall of 1908, in south of London, a showman named Samuel Cody was the first to officially control the flight of a powered aeroplane in England. He started a wave of excitement that led to many other innovations and findings in the space. For example, the Airbus A380. The industry is getting ready for another revolution in flight and transportation.
This revolutionary idea is called many things that you've probably caught wind of. Flying taxis or passenger drones are the more main stream terms. However, the official industry term is, urban air mobility (uam) vehicles. There are hundreds of various models underway and being tested. Some uam's are starting to go for test runs. The vision is to create a streamlined air transit system that is safe, reasonably priced, simple, and doesn't require the passenger to do anything. And again Uber is one of the leaders in the space. They are projected to start flying passengers as soon as 2023. Uber has announced that it will start in L.A., Dallas, and some areas of Australia.
The race to come up with the next greatest innovation in transportation is still very real. Elon Musk is currently working on and will soon be testing his rapid-transit tunnel under Los Angeles. The 16 passenger pods are supposed to travel 600 miles an hour with the help of a hyperloop system that sucks air out one end. We also have multiple companies working on self driving cars and trucks. Companies like Google, Uber, almost every car manufacturer, and even universities.
Now lets talk about flight. In the fall of 1908, in south of London, a showman named Samuel Cody was the first to officially control the flight of a powered aeroplane in England. He started a wave of excitement that led to many other innovations and findings in the space. For example, the Airbus A380. The industry is getting ready for another revolution in flight and transportation.
This revolutionary idea is called many things that you've probably caught wind of. Flying taxis or passenger drones are the more main stream terms. However, the official industry term is, urban air mobility (uam) vehicles. There are hundreds of various models underway and being tested. Some uam's are starting to go for test runs. The vision is to create a streamlined air transit system that is safe, reasonably priced, simple, and doesn't require the passenger to do anything. And again Uber is one of the leaders in the space. They are projected to start flying passengers as soon as 2023. Uber has announced that it will start in L.A., Dallas, and some areas of Australia.
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