Elstree, home to the film studios that spawned The Dam Busters and Star Wars, is to play host to something new: flying taxis that are expected to be criss-crossing city skies within the decade.
An aerodrome on the outskirts of the Hertfordshire suburb north of London is set to be used as a test bed for “urban air mobility”, becoming a base for two- to five-seater electric aircraft that take off and land vertically.
Elstree Aerodrome, close to the M1 and abutting Haberdashers’ independent schools, is understood to be the favoured location for the development of a “vertiport” for plug-in air vehicles.
After initial tests in local airspace, the first cross-London trial flights could involve air taxis shuttling between Elstree and a converted helipad
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