Friday 20 May 2022 03:52 PM The real-life Jetsons! Footage shows a pilot navigating a £68,000 flying ... trends now
From The Jetsons to Harry Potter, flying cars are staple features in science fiction blockbusters.
Now, developers have taken inspiration from The Jetsons with their futuristic flying vehicle - Jetson One.
The vehicle can reach speeds of up to 63mph with a range of around 20 miles, and its developers claim that 'anyone can buy and operate one' - that is, if you have a spare £68,000 ($92,000) to burn.
The all electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft was launched in October last year and proved so popular it sold out almost immediately for delivery later this year.
This week, Jetson, the Swedish-Polish company behind it, has revealed new footage showing a pilot navigating the flying vehicle.
A startup from Sweden has developed a personal flying vehicle that it says 'anyone can fly' called the Jetson One, and it is available for £66,000 ($92,000)
The car is named after The Jetsons, a fictional 'future family' created in the early 1960s by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and including UFO-like flying cars
In the latest clip of the vehicle, posted on "YouTube, the firm said: 'At Jetson we are working hard so you are able to experience the purest form of flight on your own.'
In the video, an unnamed pilot can be seen expertly navigating the flying vehicle over fields and trees.
Jetson has already demonstrated that the vehicle can also be flown over water.
Peter Ternström, one half of the brains behind Jetson, said: 'The first time I flew it, it felt amazing — it's completely vibration free so it's nothing like a helicopter or aeroplane.
'It's totally new and it's euphoric. We are opening another dimension for people.'
He added: 'But we have a vision way beyond the Jetson One — we want to make a two-seater flying car in four years.
'By the end of the decade, we want a four-seater flying car on the market, one that can replace a normal family car, and everyone will want it.
'We want to make cities a better place to live and mass transport is going to need to change to do that — everything is going up in the air!
'People think it's crazy but we believe everyone can be a pilot by the end of the decade. Evolution happens fast.'
Ternström and co-founder Tomasz Patan established Jetson in 2017 after first thinking of the concept several years earlier.
In the video, an unnamed pilot can be seen expertly navigating the flying vehicle over fields and trees
Jetson has already demonstrated that the vehicle can also be flown over water
The following year they began to implement safety features to ensure it was safe to fly, including sensors, backup motors and speed restrictors.
It does not need a runway to take off or land, and has been built to ensure a smooth landing for the