VIDEO: Flying Cars Are No Longer SF! They Are Soon Becoming Reality!

If you’re a fan of science fiction and technology then you have surely been dreaming that humanity would start getting from one point to another by using a flying car.

While people have wanted this for ages, it didn’t seem to be possible in the near future, but now it is all closer than ever.

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It seems like they are already in development and that they will become reality quite soon. Who wouldn’t want to fly around by himself without having to have a personal jet or helicopter, just the family car? Of course, assuming you have a whole lot of money to spend because since it’s brand new it will cost a lot at first.

According to phys.org, flying cars might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but two prototypes were launched Thursday on the French Riviera, at an event showcasing “supercars” in Monaco.

Dutch and Slovak companies unveiled their designs as world premieres in the tiny well-heeled principality, where luxury automakers have gathered until Sunday for the Top Marques showcase event.

Bratislava-based Aeromobil, whose first prototype presented two years ago suffered an accident, is back with a “new generation” of flying vehicle named after the firm which makes it.

“We are taking reservations from today for deliveries expected in 2020, after the process of (regulatory) approvals is completed,” the Slovak firm’s spokesman Stefan Vadocz told AFP.

The Aeromobil vehicle, six meters long and with a fully-deployed span of nine meters, is a normal four-wheeled car which can unfold its wings to transform itself into a plane able to fly two passengers at a cruising speed of 260 km/h for up to 750 kilometers.

The price? Between 1.2 and 1.5 million euros, depending on options chosen.

Its Dutch rival for the futuristic vehicle type, the Pal-V Liberty, is the brainchild of Robert Dingemanse, whose company is based near Breda in the south of the Netherlands.

His crossover car-plane is more compact, at four meters long, and should be deliverable as early as next year, once official approvals are secured. He is already taking orders for a vehicle which will cost between 299,000 and 499,000 euros.

The Dutch flying car is, in fact, a gyrocopter with three wheels and a retractable rotor. It can carry two people at a cruising speed of 160 km/h for between 400-500 kilometers.

It is “one of the safest flying machines on the planet,” able to fly “whatever the weather conditions,” say its designers.

Users of the Aeromobil and the Pal-V Liberty will require both a driving license and a pilot’s qualification. So not everyone can drive it.

We have to agree that it makes sense to have two licenses because we’re pretty sure that flying doesn’t resemble driving all that much and you have to be safe.

Sure, there won’t be so many up in the air so it’s not going to be really risky to run into others, but you can still get really serious injuries by driving into things or crashing.