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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 2952922" data-attributes="member: 710">Well, modern planes can fly and land pretty much automatically. But the air isn't as full and tight as the car, and there are a lot less possible routes to take.One problem today might be the law - All planes must be flown by hand, without computer control. This is a problem for designing new types of air craft (like those "Wing-Only" planes), but it would also apply to civil users, meaning that they have to have a piloting license. I also doubt that flying will ever be econimcal viable for short ranges and few passengers. You need to much energy to get up in the air, and you don't get a real benefit once you have to control air traffic that is as tight as the current road traffic. In any case, I doubt we will see flying cars (on a regular base) within the next 50 years.</blockquote>