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Originally Posted by pwalker8
People have been using helicopters as taxis since the 50's. If you are going to redefine terms like that, then we have had flying cars since before WW II. The idea of a flying car, i.e. something that flies that anyone can drive only requires casual maintenance and doesn't require a large foot print to take off and land, still requires a propulsion technology that doesn't currently exist.
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It also requires air traffic control mechanisms that don't currently exist. Traffic in cities is bad enough as is, imagine the problems when mid-air collisions are a possibility!