BlackFly 'flying car' lets you take to the skies without a pilot's license

A Californian company has unveiled a prototype 'flying car' that can whisk you into the air for short jaunts, even if you don't have a pilot's license. BlackFly, which is currently being tested in Canada, is the work of Californian company Opener, which specializes in unmanned aerial vehicles. Although widely described as a 'car', BlackFly has no wheels, making more like a cargo drone with a human payload. The craft can fly autonomously, or under control of an operator. “You have total command of three-dimensional space,” Opener's CEO Marcus Leng told CBS News. “When you press the thumb-stick to climb, you have absolute full control. When you stop in the middle of the air and go off the joystick, the aircraft freezes." Although BlackFly's controls are simple enough to use without a license, pilots will still need to undergo training to familiarize themselves with its handling.
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