Japan startup's 'flying car' makes demo flight in Tokyo for 1st time

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

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0:00.0	Well, it's about time.
0:08.7	I grew up thinking by now we would have flying cars.
0:14.0	Oh, we were totally sold on that.
0:16.0	Yeah, I thought we'd have jet packs, flying cars, people would be living on the moon by now back in the 80s when I was a kid.
0:22.3	That was kind of the future we were sold.
0:24.2	Sounds so futuristic, doesn't it?
0:27.2	Well, yeah, absolutely flying cars?
0:28.8	Yeah, yeah, it sounded futuristic 40 years ago, and here we are 40 years later and still don't have them yet.
0:34.8	Although a Japanese company has developed a flying car prototype
0:39.2	and it made its demonstration flight over Tokyo,
0:43.1	which is, I guess you could say,
0:45.0	the first step forward to future aerial taxi service above cities.
0:50.7	You know what it reminds me of.
0:52.0	What's that?
1:00.1	Music You know what it reminds me of. What's that? Jetson. Meet George Jetson.
1:02.3	Yes.
1:05.5	Uh-huh.
1:06.4	Is Boy Elroy?
1:08.0	We thought that we'd have this by now.
1:12.4	Daughter to be. Yeah. boy, Elroy. We thought that we'd have this by now. She went to Orbit High School.
1:18.3	Jane is right.
1:19.5	Give me money.
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