Flying car takes to the skies in Northampton County
SAID ITS PRICE REDUCTIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH DECEMBER.
WELL, THE FUTURE IS NOW FOR
ANYONE WHO WATCHED BACK TO THE
FUTURE 2 DAYS FLYING CARS.
LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THAT
ICONIC DO DELOREAN. THIS.
>> IS THE BLACK FLY. IT'S BEING
CALLED THE FIRST FLYING CAR
WRAL'S FLYNN. SNYDER USED A
REAL CAR, DROVE HIS WAY OUT
TO GARYSBURG AND SAT IN ONE
OF THESE TONIGHT. HE JOINS US
LIVE TO EXPLAIN. IS THIS THE
REAL THING? WHAT WAS IT LIKE UP
CLOSE AND IN PERSON?
IT CAN IS THIS REAL? THAT IS
THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION.
THE OWNER SAYS SHE GETS WHEN
PEOPLE SEE THIS THING. SHE
HOPES THAT WHAT SEEMS LIKE A
FUTURISTIC IDEA COULD ONE DAY
TRANSFORM THE WAY PEOPLE GET
AROUND
>> MOST DAYS IT'S THE TIME ON
THIS TRACK THAT COUNTS. BUT
TODAY IT'S THE TIME ABOVE IT.
THAT MATTERS MOST. IT LOOKS
LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE
FUTURE, BUT IT'S HEATHER'S
SHIRT. HE IS REALITY. THE
VISION OF THE FLYING CAR IS
THIS. EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE
ONE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE ONE. SHE HAS
THE FIRST ONE IN THE COUNTRY.
A SINGLE-SEATER ALL-ELECTRIC
AIRCRAFT FROM CALIFORNIA-BASED
COMPANY PIVOTAL. IT WAS THE
FOCUS OF A DEMO AT THE CENTER
FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH IN
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. YOU ONLY
NEED TO ADD, YOU KNOW, REGULAR
DRIVER'S LICENSE TO FLY AND
YOU DON'T EVEN NEED THAT
ACTUALLY JUST MEAN, YOU KNOW,
YOU NEED TO BE 18.
>> WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MANUAL
DEXTERITY. NO PILOT'S LICENSE
NEEDED. BUT FEDERAL REGULATIONS
DO RESTRICT FLIGHTS TO DAYLIGHT
HOURS AND THEN ON CONGESTED
AREAS, ONLY MEANING IT COULD
BE SOMETIME BEFORE EVERYDAY
AMERICANS TAKE TO THE SKIES IN
ONE OF THESE REGULATIONS HAVE
TO MATURE GPS. AUTO FLY HAS TOO
MUCH OR JUST LIKE AUTO DRIVE
HAS TO MATURE.
>> IT'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS
ONE OF THESE. IT COMES WITH
$190,000 PRICE TAG AND DOES
REQUIRE A FEW DAYS OF TRAINING
TO FLY. THE OWNER SAYS SHE'S
TAKING THIS CROSS COUNTRY TO
SHOW OFF AND AND SHOW PEOPLE
WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY THE THE
NEXT BREAKTHROUGH IN AVIATION