Flying car prototype gets airworthiness certificate from the FAA

Alef Automotive said that its vehicle/aircraft, dubbed the "Model A," is the first flying vehicle that is drivable on public roads and able to park like a normal car. It also has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. It apparently will be able to carry one or two occupants and will have a road-range of 200 miles and a flying range of 110 miles.

The FAA confirmed that it has issued the company a special airworthiness certificate, allowing for limited purposes that include exhibition, research and development.all-electric VTOLs, which stands for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The FAA said that Alef is "not the first aircraft of its kind" to get a special airworthiness certificate.

The company's website said the flying car will be certified as a "low-speed vehicle," which means it won't be able to go faster than about 25 miles per hour on a paved road. "The assumption is that, if a driver needs a faster route, a driver will use Alef's flight capabilities," the company posted on the site.A prototype flying car has completed a test flight between two cities in Slovakia, spending 35 minutes airborne.

Development has been underway on the vehicle since 2015. Four friends, Constantine Kisly, Pavel Markin, Oleg Petrov and Dukhovny, inspired by the "Back to the Future" movies , decided to form a company to try to develop them.

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