Agency Report
Slovakia’s Transport Authority on Tuesday said it had issued a certificate of airworthiness for flying car model AirCar, a first step towards commercial production of the invention.
“AirCar certification opens the door for mass production of very efficient flying cars,” said Stefan Klein, founder and chief executive of KleinVision, a company that designed and manufactured the prototype of the dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle.
“It is an official and final confirmation of our ability to change mid-distance travel forever,” Klein said in a press release.
AirCar completed its first intercity flight in June 2021.
The vehicle is powered by a 1.6-litre BMW engine and needs a runway only 300 meters long to take off.
It has a flight speed of up to 170 kilometres per hour and a flying distance of 1,000 kilometres.
The process of transforming from car to plane takes less than three minutes.
