Flying car races are no longer science fiction after the first-ever Jetson Air Games, an event the company behind them calls the “Formula 1 of the skies.”
The race featured pilots flying four Jetson One vehicles, competing to be the first across the finish line. The small aircraft, which looks like something out of a sci-fi film, is designed to carry one person and currently does not require a pilot’s license to operate in the United States, according to LiveScience.
Footage from the event, held in mid-October during the 2025 UP.Summit, a private transportation investors’ meeting, shows four Jetson One craft hovering about six metres above the ground, weaving between cones and speeding down airport runways.
The Jetson One is an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, powered entirely by electricity to hover, ascend and land vertically like a helicopter. Once airborne, however, it flies more like an airplane, with a maximum flight time of 20 minutes.
According to Jetson’s specifications, the vehicle weighs around 54 kilograms, can climb up to 457 metres and reach speeds of up to 102 kilometres per hour.
Jetson says it has built multiple safety features to address the risks of personal flight. These include an automatic radar-based landing system, the ability to fly safely even if one of its eight motors fails, and a ballistic parachute designed to deploy in seconds.
The Jetson One is available for pre-order at roughly $150,000 (excluding taxes and fees), with new deliveries expected to begin in 2028.
Source: CNN