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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story on CNET:

Uber is researching how to offer customers short-haul flights on vertical-takeoff aircraft in future, the ride-hailing company's Product Head Jeff Holden told a a[sic] Recode reporter on stage at the Nantucket Conference on Sunday.

[...] Vertical-takeoff and landing aircraft have multiple rotors and fixed wings that allow them to conduct controlled ascents and descents like a helicopter, but fly like more like a plane. Holden's vision is that they would takeoff and land on top of buildings throughout a city, transporting multiple passengers on short-haul flights.

Uber declined to comment further on Holden's remarks.

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