AirCar: A Look At the World’s First Flying Car

• A flying car prototype, Klein Vision’s AirCar has completed a 35 minutes test drive in Slovakia

• The convertible car-aircraft flew from Nitra to Bratislava airport in Slovakia on Wednesday

• The flying vehicle created by Prof Stefan Klein can be used as both a road car and an aircraft.

The world’s first flying car, Aircar completed its first test flight in Slovakia on Wednesday.

Invented by Slovak designer Stefan Klein, the vehicle can be used as both an aircraft and a car.

This super vehicle has an average speed of 170 km/h and it is capable of transforming from an aircraft to a sports car in only 2 minutes 15 seconds.

As an aircraft, it is capable of carrying the driver and an extra passenger to a maximum weight limit of 200kg.

The only downside to this vehicle is that it requires a runaway because it cannot take off and land vertically.

Klein vision, the company behind Aircar disclosed that an investment of £1.7m was used in the development of the vehicle.

Inventors of this visionary vehicle have indicated that they have been orders in different countries for the vehicles to be used as air taxis.

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Why this big news

The major form of transportation in met areas is by road but with increasing traffic congestion in most urban areas, an alternative is required.

A flying car offers many benefits including less congested roads and faster transportation. It is easy to see why this may be the next step of transportation evolution.

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