Coming soon: Flying car for $279k
businessweek.com
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> Dietrich says, “a pilot of one of our vehicles—once issued a use permit—can just drive up, swipe through the gate, taxi, and take off. You don’t even have to talk to anyone.”
That's bull. You're gonna have to talk to someone. Whether you're at the smallest airport in the country or not, you're going to need to get on UNICOM and state your intentions otherwise you're either going to kill yourself or get a bunch of pilots pissed at you. And if you're at an airport of any size you have to talk to ground control so you don't get in a crash on the ground and then get clearance to take off so you don't get in a crash in the air.
What I'm curious is how they'll deal with the possibility of a damage to the craft. If someone opens up a car door into your wing how do you determine if there's any significant damage to the loading surfaces (especially if there's composites involved)...how about a tap from the car behind at the stop sign.