Look at all those wings! If it looks like, walks like, talks like a helicopter it is a helicopter.
In the USA, the costs to get a drivers license varies between $20 to $1,000, depending upon the state. The costs to get a private pilots license is on average $9,900. Up to 500 times more expensive. The costs to get a commercial pilots license on average is $30,000. Depending upon your pilot school, the costs could be twice that. You will need a commercial pilots license if you plan to charge passengers a fare to fly with you. The additional costs to get a commercial drivers license for driving a bus is at a minimum $1,000. You could eliminate much of this additional cost if your employer provides the training. But few employers hire new drivers in this category without having the license already, and those that do train you pay you less salary initially. Will the size of your pocketbook allow you to be driving a car or piloting a helicopter? There are already many helicopter landing pads throughout most American cities. Are more really needed? |
Flying Taxis Will Hit LA Skies by 2024, According to a California Startup’s Plan
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A class c motor vehicle license in California staying on the ground costs: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver...icensing-fees/ Class C – Original – Renewal – Adding a motorcycle license (Class M1/M2) Fee $38 – Duplicate (replace lost or stolen) – Info update – Adding a firefighter endorsement Fee $30 Driving (behind-the-wheel) retest Fee $8 Class M1/M2 – Original – Renewal Fee $38 – Duplicate (replace lost or stolen) – Info update Fee $30 Driving (behind-the-wheel) retest Fee $8 Original = $38+$8 = $46 At the time of the link I provided was made. FAA commercial pilots license https://costaide.com/pilot-license-cost/ The cost of pilots license will depend on which type of certification you would like to take. In getting certified you need to pass two test and those are the flying test and the written test. A written test will approximately cost you from $200 to $400. For the flying test, below are the approximate rate depending on the type of license you are taking: Commercial Pilot License – from $12000 to $17000 The written exams would contain 60 multiple-choice questions. You can take the exam at a FAA Testing Center and you need to get a 70% passing mark. After the written exam, you would need to take a flight ride together with an FAA-certified examiner wherein the examiner will ask you a series of question to check on your ability to fly. And that does not include any training costs to lean how to fly. Good luck! |
‘Flying taxi’ startup Volocopter picks up another $241M, says service is now two years out
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Flying Electric 'Seaglider' Ferry May Be the Best Way To Travel Between Coastal Cities
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Flying cars are "imminent" new study finds
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Electric powered vertical take off and landing aircraft are still aircraft, not cars or ultra useful ground transportation vehicles, whether they use wheels, skis, or treads.
Aircraft require a pilots license entirely around the world. If you carry passengers for profit, that requires a commercial pilots license. Good luck! |
‘Checkmate’ on Highway Congestion? Planning Agency, NASA Team Up To Introduce Airborne Drones, Taxis To Relieve DFW Traffic Jams
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Flying Cars – From Fast To The Future!
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You'd think that after 75 years of trying to get people to buy flying cars, the investors would give up, but I'm impressed that people are still trying.
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A Supercar Designer Is Building a 250-Mph Flying Hypercar
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So all along, "flying car" meant "small plane"? I always thought it had something to do with dual road/flying capability.
And please don't tell me this would be an excuse for above-grade garages and parking podii. |
Forget Flying Cars. The World’s First Flying Motorcycle Is Coming.
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Good to see the plethora of fantastical flying machines continues! Let a hundred flowers bloom or electric vehicles take off as it were! Open rotor designs seem the scariest to me especially if there is no cabin... Can't wait for those future Tosh.0 fail videos!
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World’s First Wingless eVTOL Is a Smart Flying Car That Can Land on City Rooftops
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Israel Took One Step Closer to Making Compact Wingless 'Flying Cars' Real
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Flying cars: Could we be in the air by 2024?
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I'm excited about all of this. But wow the hurdles.
The necessary skill level, risk level, insurance, regulation, etc., will be orders of magnitude above the car equivalents. We won't let random morons drive these things. Therefore they might be more like a way rich people can avoid traffic. And they could be air taxis, but way more expensive. |
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