SureFly takes helicopters - [News Paris Air Show]

HELICOPTERS HAVE an image problem: they are seen as complicated, difficult to fly and not generally as safe as winged aircraft. Ohio-based electric truck manufacturer Workhorse is set to change all that with its SureFly personal helicopter that's as easy to fly as a drone and is stacked with redundant safety systems. CEO Steve Burns says "helicopters have not changed substantially in their 78-year history; we are trying to reinvent the helicopter". Cynics may dismiss this as hype: isn't this dream of personal aerial transport all a bit Buck Rogers? And what's a truck manufacturer doing at the Paris Air Show, displaying an oversized drone? The thing is, today's entrepreneurs have no issues with crossing industry boundaries; why else would Elon Musk feel empowered to build electric cars and launch rockets to the International Space Station?