Flying cars crash in China

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Blaze
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Flying cars crash in China

#1 Post by Blaze »

2 flying cars crashed into each other at an airshow in China (rather unfortunate timing) :lol:
Fortunately only one person was injured, an anonymous company employee.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5qk4de997o

If mid-air collisions still occur between planes with air traffic controllers, how on earth are they going to control a load of flying cars ? If just 2 of these horrors are incapable of sharing the skies without crashing into each other, heaven help us if (when) such cars are marketed commercially ....

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Flying cars crash in China

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These things look as much like a car as my wheelbarrow. Just a personnel carrying drone as far as I can see.
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#3 Post by Polarengineer »

The flying bedstead did a better job (who remembers that?) and it looked a better design.

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#4 Post by Wilbro »

At Yeadon ( now Leeds/Bradford) in about 52/53 and on the programme "The Flying Bedstead". The crowd waited in anticipation and suddenly a gang of Air Cadets appeared pushing a metal bedstead which had fireworks attached which were going off and a poor cadet who was actually in it.
Same airshow I had my first flight. Up in a Dakota which was being used for short, paid for, trips.

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Flying cars crash in China

#5 Post by Niftyons »

Looks like SpaceX was a trend-setter.

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