Come 飛行機で行く with me! French musician ジーンズ-Michel Jarre becomes the world's first 乗客 to take off in the futuristic 飛行機で行くing 'AirCar' that can transform from a road 乗り物 into a 計画（する） in 90 seconds

  • Slovakian 会社／堅い KleinVision 完全にするd the first 乗客 flight of its AirCar
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By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline

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Imagine 運動ing along in a モーター car before it starts to 徐々に 急に上がる up into the 空気／公表する.?

If this reminds you of the finale of 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', be 保証するd that 飛行機で行くing cars are no longer the stuff of the big 審査する.??

In fact, a company called?KleinVision?has 完全にするd the first 乗客 flight of its 飛行機で行くing AirCar ? with 非，不，無 other than French musician?ジーンズ-Michel Jarre on board.?

While seated in the quirky hybrid 乗り物,?Jarre and a 操縦する travelled around two miles in the space of 10 minutes over?Pie??any Airport in Slovakia on April 12.?

The two-seater ? which could take to British skies as soon as 2026 ? can 解放（する） its retractable wings in just 90 seconds as it 準備するs for take-off.?

French composer and pioneer of electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre has become the world?s first passenger to take off in KleinVision?s flying AirCar (pictured)

French 作曲家 and 開拓する of electronic music ジーンズ-Michel Jarre has become the world’s first 乗客 to take off in KleinVision’s 飛行機で行くing AirCar (pictured)

France's Jean-Michel Jarre (pictured centre) with AirCar co-founders Anton Zajac (left) and Stefan Klein

フラン's ジーンズ-Michel Jarre (pictured centre) with AirCar co-創立者s Anton Zajac (left) and Stefan Klein

飛行機で行くing AirCar specs

Engine: 原型 1 has a 160 horsepower 直す／買収する，八百長をするd-プロペラ engine but 原型 2 will be equipped with a 300 horsepower engine.

最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）: 300km/h (186mph)

範囲: 1,000km (621 miles)

Price:?£400,000 ($500,000)

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AirCar can travel through the 空気／公表する at just over 180mph, although it did not reach this 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） during this 最新の flight 実験（する）.?

It flew for the first time in 2020 and?carried out a 35-minute flight between Nitra and Bratislava airports in 2021, although this is the first time it has 輸送（する）d a 乗客.?

ジーンズ-Michel Jarre,?a 開拓する in the electronic and ambient music genres, 述べるd the experience as like 存在 in a 'Jules Verne 調書をとる／予約する'.?

The 19th century 小説家 is known for sci-fi 作品 含むing 'Around the World in Eighty Days' and '旅行 to the 中心 of the Earth'.?

'One second you speak to the driver, and next, you are up there in the 空気／公表する ? an amazing experience,' Jarre said.?

AirCar, which has a 160 horsepower 直す／買収する，八百長をするd-プロペラ engine, is the brain child of Professor Stefan Klein, 創立者 and CEO of KleinVision, which is based in?Nitra, Slovakia.?

The 会社／堅い said the 最新の flight 示すd a 'momentous step に向かって a 未来 where terrestrial and 空中の travel seamlessly converge'.?

In the classic film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', the eponymous car has retractable wings that lets it take to the skies

In the classic film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', the eponymous car has retractable wings that lets it take to the skies?

In AirCar, Jean-Michel Jarre and a pilot took off from and landed at Pie??any Airport in Slovakia on April 12

In AirCar, ジーンズ-Michel Jarre and a 操縦する took off from and landed at Pie??any Airport in Slovakia on April 12

Jean-Michel Jarre, a?composer, performer and producer, stands against the futuristic flying vehicle, which will cost around?£400,000 for the public to buy

ジーンズ-Michel Jarre, a?作曲家, performer and 生産者, stands against the futuristic 飛行機で行くing 乗り物, which will cost around?£400,000 for the public to buy

It was certified to fly in Slovakia back in 2022 after completing more than 200 take-offs and landings during 70 hours of rigorous flight testing to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards.

It was certified to 飛行機で行く in Slovakia 支援する in 2022 after 完全にするing more than 200 take-offs and 上陸s during 70 hours of rigorous flight 実験（する）ing to European 航空 Safety 機関 (EASA) 基準s.

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Flying cars are slowly but surely becoming a reality

飛行機で行くing cars are slowly but surely becoming a reality

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'From dreams to reality, we have taken flight together with ジーンズ-Michel, 開始 a new 時代 of transportation with a touch of 魔法,' Professor Klein 追加するd.?

As of this month, AirCar has 完全にするd more than?520 離陸／出発s and?130 flight hours.

It is equipped with a BMW engine, runs on 正規の／正選手 石油-pump 燃料 and can carry two people to a 最大限?高度 of?18,000 feet thanks to its?プロペラ between the fuselage and tail.?

At the touch of the button, the 操縦する can 広げる and 解放（する） two wings in 準備 for take-off in the space of 90 seconds.?

These are 安全に refolded and 蓄える／店d in the 団体／死体 of the 乗り物 when it lands when it's reached its 目的地.?

A?KleinVision spokesperson said AirCar will start £400,000 ($500,000), depending on specifications, although this could 含む an 集中的な 操縦する course for 顧客s that would last 2-3 months.

It?could go on sale in the UK by 2026 ??so in line with 政府 期待s.??

When it does, AirCar will be ふさわしい for leisure trips or as a 商業の taxi service, its developers say.

普及した 採択 of 飛行機で行くing 乗り物s will utilise space in the 空気／公表する and 減ずる congestion on roads.?

And just like the electric car 革命 that is taking place on the ground, most 飛行機で行く ing taxi will be electric, meaning they won't 放出する 有毒な 汚染物s.?

It is equipped with a BMW engine, runs on regular petrol-pump fuel and can carry two people to a maximum altitude of 18,000 feet

It is equipped with a BMW engine, runs on 正規の／正選手 石油-pump 燃料 and can carry two people to a 最大限 高度 of 18,000 feet?

In its home country of Slovakia, AirCar received the 証明書 of Airworthiness in January 2022, permitting 商業の 乗客s and 開始 the door for 集まり 生産／産物 of the 乗り物.

Earlier this year it was 発表するd that the 科学（工学）技術 has been sold to Hebei Jianxin 飛行機で行くing Car 科学（工学）技術 Company for a n 公表されていない 量.???

This licensing 協定 認めるs the Chinese company 排除的 権利s to 製造（する） and 分配する the car within a '明確な／細部' ? yet 公表されていない ? geographical 地域.?

によれば Morgan Stanley, the 全世界の market for 飛行機で行くing cars is 推定する／予想するd to 攻撃する，衝突する $1 一兆 in 2040, before jumping to a whopping $9 一兆 in 2050.?

中国 is on 跡をつける to 持つ／拘留する 23 per cent of the market by 2050, second only to the US's 27 per cent 株.?

飛行機で行くing taxis will be in Dubai skies next year: 乗客s will be 素早い行動d through the 空気／公表する at 198mph - with a flight from the airport to the Palm taking just 10 minutes?

Sci-fi films like 星／主役にする Wars and The Fifth Element have long 描写するd cities with 飛行機で行くing taxis that zoom through the 空気／公表する at high 速度(を上げる）s.?

Finally, it seems this ultimate form of convenience is 始める，決める to arrive in the real word.?

A California?company called Joby 航空 says it will host 商業の 飛行機で行くing taxi trips around?Dubai as soon as next year.?

Incredible （映画の）フィート数 shows what the 高級な will be like for 支払う／賃金ing 乗客s, who will wait at 'vertiports' for their flight 出発 just like today's airports.?

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