Dubai will soon get flying taxis according to the city’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA), which plans to start flying passengers across the city in July, as envisioned in this rendering. The driverless passenger drones, called Ehang 184, can carry one person and a small suitcase. Powered by eight propellers, the drone will cruise at around 60 kilometers per hour. The so-called Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) has been seen hovering over the sand dunes at an airfield in Dubai during test flights this winter. The model was on display at the World Government Summit 2017 in Dubai, where the partnership between the RTA and Chinese drone makers Ehang was announced. The routes will be pre-programmed with set locations for pick up and landing, and monitored by a team on the ground. Once in...
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This attraction will be the first in Thailand, and in fact the largest Miniature Town in Asia. Among the 11 cityscape layouts is a scale motion enhanced Airport with aircraft that move around both on the ground and in the air taking off and landing as a part of their programmed flight paths! (video is example only of the attraction - this video is from the similar attraction Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg Germany.)
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