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Kathleen Martin

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Imagine a special type of drone, not a drone that’s rigged for courier services or adventure photography, but one that’s a vehicle for real-world, in-person exploration. One made to fit, well, you.
Thanks to the minds at Jetson Aerospace, such a drone is real. According to its founders, the Jetson ONE is designed to make flight accessible to everyone. And the production of the single-passenger drone begins in 2022.
“This will simply be the first aircraft that you can buy and fly without a pilot license — the first introduction to flight,” said Jetson co-founder Peter Ternström.
The Jetson ONE passenger drone
The Jetson One resembles a miniature quadcopter or a flying dune buggy and falls under the personal eVOTL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft classification — industry-speak for what equates to a giant, human-carrying drone.
While it’s too early to tell just how great the drone’s potential for human-driven discoveries will be, we do know a bit about its parts and potential.
Continue reading: https://explorersweb.com/jetson-one-giant-passenger-drone/
 
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