October 22, 2019, 06:41 PM
The Volocopter, Singapore's first flying taxi, made its first public trial flight on Oct. 22, 2019 at Marina Bay.
Photo credit: Nikolay Kazakov for Volocopter
Covering a distance of 1.5km, the Volocopter flew for about two minutes and reached an average cruising height of 40 metres.
Here's footage of the flight, showing the interior of the Volocopter:
Mothership understands that the Volocopter cannot travel in heavy rain, which raises some questions about how feasible the flying taxi is in Singapore, which experiences a lot of rainfall.
A VoloPort prototype -- a taxi stand for a flying taxi -- was unveiled at the Float @ Marina Bay on Oct. 21, 2019.
Skyport has already identified a number of potential VoloPort locations and air taxi routes across Singapore, according to the company.
This means that we might be seeing more commercial flying taxis across Singapore soon as early as 2021 — if all things go according to plan.
Read more about the Volocopter and the VoloPort here:
Top image via Volocopter.
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