FUTURE TRAVEL
Toyota-backed air taxi lifts off in first manned flight
SkyDrive SD-03 joins a growing number of people-carrying drones under development
10 September 2020 - 05:00
A Toyota-backed Japanese start-up, SkyDrive, has demonstrated a new prototype of a small flying craft.
The trial product code-named SD-03 is essentially a manned drone large enough to accommodate the pilot only, but the group of engineers say a two-seat derivative is in development, with plans of creating a flying taxi business out of the concept...
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