True story...when I was 5 years old and we moved to Houston, TX, this fan of "The Jetsons" assumed that a town with the nickname "The Space City" would look just what I saw on tv on that cartoon...homes way up in space and flying cars!!!!!!!!!!
You can imagine my disappointment when we got there.
Well, my friend, sounds as if we're getting closer to the era of flying cars. A company in Falls Church called Electra.aero has just gotten financial backing from Lockheed Martin. The company is working on a hybrid-electric aircraft which is able to take off and land in only 100 feet. Ideally, it would be able to transport as many as nine people as far as 500 miles.
The aircraft could serve different needs: medical missions between two cities, transportation of cargo and getting passengers where they need to go.
We shall see!!!
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