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Airbus took one big leap toward bringing a flying taxi to the public, flying its prototype Vahana aircraft for the first time.<\/p>\n

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Airbus said its full-scale aircraft made two short flights on Wednesday. The self-piloted aircraft climbed 16 feet before successfully returning to the ground after the 53 second trip. The Vahana flew again on Thursday, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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The test flights took place at the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range in Oregon.<\/p>\n

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The 20.3 foot-long and 18.7-foot wide Vahana is designed to take off and land vertically in a small area. It has helicopter-like struts, and two sets of tilting wings each with four electric motors. There’s room for a passenger under a canopy that retracts like a motorcycle helmet visor.<\/p>\n

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Unlike the slow and years-long process of designing, building and testing Airbus’s airliners, Vahana’s first flight comes just 24 months after A3\u00a0<\/sup>‘s founding.<\/p>\n

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“In just under two years, Vahana took a concept sketch on a napkin and built a full-scale, self-piloted aircraft that has successfully completed its first flight,” said Zach Lovering, project executive of Vahana.<\/p>\n

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Future tests will further validate the company’s technology and the prototype will eventually test the transition from hovering a few feet off the ground to forward flight. Vahana has to master that transition if it wants to fly passengers from the rooftops of skyscrapers in crowded cities.<\/p>\n

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Vahana executives have said they hope to have a more refined version of Vahana ready to sell in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0money.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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