As a child of the 60's I believed that flying cars would be common before the year 2000.
The age of the Jetson's is finally upon us.
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The age of the Jetson's is finally upon us.
Orlando could start to resemble 'The Jetsons' with flying cars from airport site as soon as 2028
ORLANDO, Fla. — Like something you’d see in the utopian future of TV’s “The Jetsons,” Orlando International Airport is trying to realize a long-desired dream of bringing flying cars to the region.
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Orlando could start to resemble 'The Jetsons' with flying cars from airport site as soon as 2028
Feb 21, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. — Like something you’d see in the utopian future of TV’s “The Jetsons,” Orlando International Airport is trying to realize a long-desired dream of bringing flying cars to the region.
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority on Wednesday took steps toward that future by seeking partners to develop and operate a flying car landing pad — called a vertiport — at the airport. The invitation is expected to publish in March with a 2028 target for a finished product.
The airport expects to put the vertiport on land in the East Airfield region on the northeast side or land on the south side near the train station, according to a news release.
Airport spokesperson Angela Starke said by email that inviting partners will help the airport gather information such as costs to build the vertiport. At present the aviation authority has no budget for the project.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, a member of the aviation authority, said the city is a global leader in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) — the technology behind flying cars — and having the hub at the airport makes sense.
“We envision the airport to be a multimodal hub of the future,” Dyer said. “That means expanding the SunRail to the airport, Brightline from there to Tampa and making sure we have readied the airport as a vertihub of the future.”
He said vertiports may help manage the city’s growth, but that’s much farther off. He envisions starting with a four- to six-passenger vehicle operating out of the airport and eventually corridors for flying cars will follow. The small aircraft are expected to use electric power, and take off and land vertically.
“You can’t just have a vertiport at the airport, you have to have places for the vehicles to go from the airport to downtown Orlando or Tampa,” Dyer said. “I think before we see ‘The Jetsons’ this is going to be developed slowly.”
But not too slowly, if the mayor has his way.
After the first vertiport is established at the airport in three years, he said another in the downtown area is a real possibility soon after. Eventually he hopes to have a manufacturing facility in the city as well. . . .