{"id":27709,"date":"2024-01-29T23:25:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T23:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27709"},"modified":"2024-01-29T23:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T23:29:40","slug":"legislation-paving-way-for-flying-cars-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/legislation-paving-way-for-flying-cars-in-the-us\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Legislation Paving Way for Flying Cars in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Switchblade Flying Sports Car in Drive Mode (rendering). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative bodies across the US are working to ensure that roadable\naircraft can be easily registered and licensed in all 50 states. Two US\ncompanies (Samson Sky and Alef), and two European companies (Pal-V and Klein),\nare projected to start production in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samson Sky was one of three flying car companies who\nprovided industry input to New Hampshire\u2019s House Transportation Committee,\nresulting in a historic milestone with the 2020 passage of the first ever\nlegislation for state registration of roadable aircraft. The bill dubbed, The\n\u201cJetson Bill\u201d included wording to allow roadable aircraft a simpler method of\nstate registration to allow their use on state roads and highways. Other\nstakeholders included flying car companies Terrafugia (they have since moved US\noperations to China) and PAL-V, a Dutch company with a US office in New\nHampshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Switchblade<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As with any small aircraft, you are not allowed to takeoff\nfrom or land on public roads in flying mode, except if you have declared an\nemergency, as is accepted under existing rules for aircraft. The new legislation\nbasically specifies that drivers of roadable aircraft are required to adhere to\nthe rules of the road while driving, the same as any other car, truck, bicycle,\nmotorcycle, or farm vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Jetson Bill as a precedent for nationwide flying\ncar regulations, Samson is currently working with numerous other states on\nsimilar legislation. Russell Bousfield, Samson\u2019s legislative analyst affirmed\nthat bills are actively being drafted which are projected to be introduced into\ncommittee in 2024, in eight of the more populous and forward-looking states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very excited to provide industry input to State\nlegislators who are laying the foundation for this new form of transportation\u201d,\nsaid Bousfield. \u201cIt\u2019s been very rewarding to work with influential lawmakers\nthat share a desire to bring about new technologies and advancements in\naerospace.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many states are interested in encouraging job and industry\ngrowth, and high-tech jobs are a sure way to bring more skilled jobs into their\ncommunities. \u201cLegislation to help simplify the integration of roadable aircraft\ninto the highway system will serve to benefit all flying car manufacturers,\u201d\nsaid Bousfield. \u201cAnd I would like to thank those legislative members who have\ndrafted bills, for their contribution to advancing aerospace innovation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samson\u2019s flying sports car, which had its maiden flight in November\n2023, has a unique hybrid electric system, which uses unleaded auto gas rather\nthan leaded aviation fuel. Owners can fuel up at any auto gas station. The\nSwitchblade’s Skybrid \u2122 hybrid electric drive system for flying cars is also cutting\nedge and sets the stage for future all-electric versions of this popular flying\ncar. This system has features found in no other vehicle on earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From your garage, you drive your street-legal Switchblade to\na nearby airport. Once there, you transform the vehicle from driving to flying\nmode, and fly to the airport closest to your destination, where you land,\ntransform back to driving mode and drive the last few miles to your final destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Switchblade seats two, side-by-side, with room to store\ntravel bags, and flies up to 500 miles on a single tank of gas.\n\nFor more information about the Switchblade and\nto follow its progress into production, visit: www.SamsonSky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Switchblade Flying Sports Car in Drive Mode (rendering). Legislative bodies across the US are working to ensure that roadable aircraft can be easily registered and licensed in all 50 states. Two US companies (Samson Sky and Alef), and two European companies (Pal-V and Klein), are projected to start production in 2025. Samson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/White_Switchblade_Driving_Rendering-edit-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27715,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27709\/revisions\/27715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}