FLYING CARS
All this flying car stuff began in the 1950s, with the first prototype to be spotted, Usaf's Flying Jeep, the United States Air Force. It was developed in 1959 by Avro Aircraft under Usaf contract. Like many inventions, the flying car was made with the idea of serving the military and not with commercial purposes.
After the autonomous cars, those that drive people without the need of a driver, the universe of the vehicles advances in the discussion of the so-called "flying cars". Yes, they already exist. On paper, on mock-ups, on tests, and not far away from the sky. There are now more than a dozen projects under development or already being tested around the world. Some, it is true, seem pure utopia, given the lack of security care. Others, however, signal that there is seriousness and rationality behind the prototypes.
The biggest problem today is the reliability and certification of these flying vehicles. "Imagine that some critical systems in a commercial aircraft even have a 10-9 probability, which is almost impossible to have a failure. These systems are needed to safe flight and typically reach this rate with several systems operating in parallel or monitoring each other. For this type of vehicle architecture, this issue becomes severe, because the reliance on the control system is huge," says a systems engineer.