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Could car parks could become airports?

Uber hires NASA expert to develop flying car concepts

Mark Moran
05 May 2017
How car park roofs could become landing pads for flying cars

 

From Metropolis to The Fifth Element, flying cars have long been a staple of science-fiction movies. However, the reality of how to combine the qualities of a vehicle and aircraft in a practical manner has proven difficult to achieve in reality: cars need to aerodynamic in a way that keeps them on the road, while flying requires propellers and wings which would need to be deployed and folded.

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