{"id":5372,"date":"2013-11-21T06:39:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T06:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5372"},"modified":"2013-11-21T06:39:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T06:39:47","slug":"scitech-zee-aero-developing-personal-vtol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5372","title":{"rendered":"SciTech: Zee.Aero developing personal VTOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zee.aero\/\" target=\"_d\">Zee.Aero<\/a>\u00a0is a secretive Bay Area startup that is apparently designing a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle with (perhaps0 some support from Google:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/techchron\/2013\/11\/20\/google-flying-cars-zee-aero\/#18174101=0\" target=\"_d\">This stealth company nestled against (inside?) Google is building flying cars &#8211; The Technology Chronicles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/up-ship.com\/blog\/?p=22254\" target=\"_d\">Personal VTOL &#8211; The Unwanted Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbo=p&amp;tbm=pts&amp;hl=en&amp;q=inassignee:%22Zee.Aero+Inc.%22\" target=\"_blank\">Patent apps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/up-ship.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/US20130214086A1-20130822-D00000.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"US20130214086A1-20130822-D00000\" src=\"http:\/\/up-ship.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/US20130214086A1-20130822-D00000-1024x707.png\" width=\"486\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zee.Aero\u00a0is a secretive Bay Area startup that is apparently designing a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle with (perhaps0 some support from Google: This stealth company nestled against (inside?) Google is building flying cars &#8211; The Technology Chronicles Personal VTOL &#8211; The Unwanted Blog Patent apps &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1oE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6975,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6975","url_meta":{"origin":5372,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: DARPA selects 4 designs for Vertical Takeoff &#038; Landing X-Planes","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"DARPA has announced the winners of the first round of its\u00a0Vertical Takeoff and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane)\u00a0project: VTOL X-Plane Program Takes Off DARPA tasks four companies with designing new aircraft to revolutionize vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight capabilities \u00a0 For generations, new designs for vertical takeoff and landing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"Boeing VTOL X-Plane Concept_b_500x250","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Boeing-VTOL-X-Plane-Concept_b_500x250.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16393,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16393","url_meta":{"origin":5372,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: VTOL vehicles from Opener, Kitty Hawk, and Aston Martin","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0BlackFly vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) craft is not a concept but has actually flown over \"1,000+ flights and 10,000+ miles\": The Silicon Valley based company\u00a0Opener\u00a0has been developing the vehicle since 2011. 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