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The flying car completes first ever inter-city flight (Official Video) (www.youtube.com)
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[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

planes already have wheels and can move on the ground, called taxiing.

Making the taxiing part street legal (and more efficient, admittedly) does not really change "what" the plane can do. Only the extent of the capability

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That settles it then. We call it a taxi.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a flying taxi.

ftfy

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Taxibird.