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Originally Posted by M II A II R II K
Flying cars: Could we be in the air by 2024?
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The Wright Brothers had us in the air over 100 years ago.
What you see in that photo is a flying car, what I see is a helicopter.
The FAA requires a fairly expensive pilots license to fly helicopters.
Only the rich that can afford flying in helicopters will be able to fly in your so called flying car.
Worse yet for the British; FYI
There are an estimated 27,000 civil aircraft registered in the UK, 96 per cent of which are engaged in GA activities. In 2005 the GA fleet comprised 9,000 fixed-wing aircraft, 4,100 microlights, 1,300 helicopters, 1,800 airships/balloons, 2,500 gliders and some 7,000 hang gliders.
The number of pilots licensed by the CAA to fly powered aircraft in 2005 was 47,000, of whom 28,000 held a Private Pilot Licence. The remainder held professional pilot licences, either a Commercial Pilot Licence or an Airline Transport Pilot Licence, although not all of these would be engaged in GA activities. In addition, there are 10,000 active glider pilots, and estimates put the membership of aviation-related sport and recreational associations at 36,000.
As for the USA;
s of the end of 2019, in the US, there were an estimated 664,565 active certificated pilots. The number of aircraft in the United States has decreased in 2020, estimates holding that the general aviation fleet was 204,980 aircraft, and the for-hire carrier fleet was 5,882 aircraft.
Relatively speaking, the UK had 32.7 million registered automobiles and there were 281 million registered vehicles in the USA.