Rust to riches? Ohio city’s fortunes set to rise with flying taxi startup by The Guardian (Mar 29, 2024)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 … GTUS_email
Excerpt . . .
"The aircraft, slated to appear at the Olympics in Paris this summer (2024), are expected by some to reshape not just air travel but the wider mobility industry. A host of startups and established companies have dived into electric flying vehicles in recent years, and the global eVTOL market is expected to be worth $1tn by 2040."
Further along arrives this excerpt . . .
"Joby has positioned itself as the “Uber of the skies”. Its aircraft have space for a pilot and four passengers and can reach speeds up to 200mph (322km/h); a November test flight went from lower Manhattan to JFK international airport in just seven minutes compared with the hour it can take by taxi or subway.
The company hopes to launch commercial flights in New York City and Los Angeles in 2025 and has signed a home-to-airport taxi service with Delta Air Lines."
Will it be an economic boom? Excerpt follows next . . .
"For Dayton, a city that has lost close to half its population since the 1960s, the move could spark a major turnaround.
“Ohio was the first state to put together an advanced air mobility plan,” said a Joby liaison, Ted Angel, of the Dayton Development Coalition. “No other state had been leaning that far forward.”
Toward the end of the article the following excerpt . . .
"And while Joby’s initial announcement suggested that 2,000 jobs would be created, that number is now expected to be closer to 1,200, with the potential to rise.
Still, for a region whose population has declined for decades, investment from companies at the cutting edge of mobility is seen as a welcome shot in the arm. The fact that the new plant sits atop a former US post office airmail facility is evidence of that."
Is it hip-hip hooray for Dayton?
Do you see this kind of service coming to your neck of the woods?
Would you take the dare and fly in one?
Speculative how expensive do you think it would be? Worth it?
Do you think Dayton will become the Detroit for flying cars?
Thoughts?
