Air Taxis Could Be Flying Around Tampa Bay By 2025
Are you ready to take to the skies to go to a Rays game or even a trip to the mall? Air taxis could be flying around Tampa Bay by 2025!
NASA has identified two places in Tampa Bay where these air taxis can takeoff and land. The two locations are Water Street in downtown Tampa and Westshore for possible Vertiports. Tampa and St. Pete have been trying to attract companies that will make our area a testing ground for these air taxis or as they are known in technical lingo: electric vertical takeoff and land aircraft or EVTOL.
These EVTOL aircraft are like over-sized drones. One manufacturer projects to have their fleet flying by 2025.
Check out some footage of NASA testing the prototypes:
Sure this would help lessen the congestion on our roads but now we have to worry about the skies being crowded. Hmmm.
[SOURCE Fox 13]