A passenger model of Skai is unveiled at the BMW Designworks offices in Newbury Park, California on Wednesday. It's one of many similar electric flying crafts in production, including prototypes from Boeing Co and Airbus SE that made successful test flights this year, according to Vertical Flight Society, an industry group. "It will be years before the Federal Aviation Administration allows the autonomous flight of passenger vehicles,'' said attorney Thaddeus Lightfoot, a partner with the firm Dorsey & Whitney who helps companies navigate FAA rules. "Drone-like vehicles such as the Skai must first simply prove their airworthiness, like any common plane,'' Lightfoot said. Hanvey concedes that it could take at least a decade before the company realises his vision of a fleet of electric flying vehicles ferrying passengers over major cities at nearly 190 kph.

Source: Bangkok Post May 31, 2019 06:11 UTC