the vehicle itself weighs less than 254 pounds, which is important, because it means the us aviation authorityr to have a pilot's licence. instead, kitty hawk puts them through a training regime that lasts just 90 minutes. first a simulator, then a real machine, strapped to the ground, and then this fun ball—pool, with a serious purpose. this is where you practise getting out, if the flyer was to crash into the water. 0k. there's not much of an interior yet, but i imagine they'll be working on that. and here is the seatbelt. sadly, they wouldn't let me fly it myself, but i did at least have a chance to try it out for size. so i'm in, and then i have the controls here. these things, they are going to crash one day, right? have you had any issues? has one fallen out of the sky yet? we have not had a single — flying people, we have not had a single person go in the water. we do a ton of flight testing on this, and as we're always developing new things, we find bugs and we fix bugs. that is a huge core part of what we do. as is often the case with new and exciting technology like this, it's not a

the vehicle itself weighs less than 254 pounds, which is important, because it means the us aviation authorityrider to have a pilot's licence. instead, kitty hawk puts them through a training regime that lasts just 90 minutes. first a simulator, then a real machine, strapped to the ground, and then this fun ball—pool, with a serious purpose. this is where you practise getting out, if the flyer was to crash into the water. 0k. there's not much of an interior yet, but i imagine they'll be working on that. and here is the seatbelt. sadly, they wouldn't let me fly it myself, but i did at least have a chance to try it out for size. so i'm in, and then i have the controls here. one of them does altitude, the other one is the direction of where i'm travelling. these things, they are going to crash one day, right? have you had any issues? has one fallen out of the sky yet? we have not had a single — flying people, we have not had a single person go in the water. we do a ton of flight testing on this, and as we're always developing new things, we find bugs and we fix bugs. that is a huge core part of w

the vehicle itself weighs less than 254 pounds, which is important because it means the us aviation authoritymulator, then a real machine strapped to the ground, offers david as he goes flying around this circuit, but once he's done with it, just get the thing off. great landing! thank you. like it! tell me a little bit about this. so jb11, six engines, this is our latest version. sojb11 — so this is the 11th iteration? this is the 11th version, so there have been ten before this. flew around statue of liberty injb9, that's, god, two years ago now, but that only had two engines. so you've got a bit of redundancy. you can lose one of these thrusters and you'll stay up? yeah, exactly. and the computers, they've got to be pretty robust. where are they on here? so, the computers — there's one computer in here, that one's the starting one, that's on the throttle. and then there is a computer system in here, that's our main computer, in this distribution system. and then each of the engines has their own computer. to go from the house to the sharp. to go from the house to the sharp. to be able to t

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attacks oversteps took his seventy thanks david being with us keep that from a longer use against civil aviation authorities are back in control of the local airport until recently the alligator airport near yemen's border with oman was supervised by saudi led forces the change in control appears to be inspiring protests in parts of yemen charlotte better supports. a success in negotiations roughly one year after taking over the airport and southeast in yemen the saudi u.a.e. coalition has agreed to give up control it will now hand it back to local civil authorities it's the first such move in yemen civil war and the decision follows months of protests from local tribes. who were given control of the airport and friday morning the public all the way in all the civil aviation gates this is a positive step from saudis motor force and. having control of the airport is one of the six demands issued by protesters any student yemen this victory is inspiring other communities to take action. in the city of tire as people are calling attention to other problems with local governments from corruption to lack of secu

us and the eu. a number of major airports in the uk are failing to meet the needs of disabled passengers, according to a report by the civil aviation authorityndent, nikki fox, has the story. whether its specialist assistance at airports, costly broken wheelchairs or inaccessible bathrooms on planes, for many disabled passengers, flying can bea for many disabled passengers, flying can be a difficult experience from beginning to end. these problems we re beginning to end. these problems were highlighted earlier this year when the bbc‘s security correspondence frank gardner tweeted about being left on a plane because heathrow airport had lost his wheelchair. today‘s report highlights the progress many airports have made including heathrow, which is this year been classified as good following last you‘s poor rating. report reveals that 16 uk airports have been relieved —— rated very good, up from six last year. along with heathrow, nine other airports have scored good. three major airports have been told they must improve the services they provide disabled passengers. and for the second year in a row, manchester has been ranked poor. the only a

us for years. one of the first things i had to do was present the chinese aviation authority with the special scrolla 40 year relationship. i think the chairman has come on board. he realizes the complexity of the new stuff we are driving. manus: frank and forth work -- fourth right interview right there. episodewatch the full of -- next edition this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: good morning, this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." is the early part of the morning over in the united states. the asianto see equities driven by trade talks. some of that putting a little bit of a line of sand in the equities. let's get the bloomberg business flash with juliette saly in singapore. juliette: broadcom has acquired -- agreed to branch out into corporate software. the semiconductor maker whose industryon lead the will pay 20% premium to the closing costs yesterday. the deal will ask for earnings once completed, which is expected in the fourth quarter. wrangling on year ownership of the giant mine. a signing ceremony will be held in jakarta at 10:00 a.m. u.k. time. details of the agreement were not included. ceo of pa

aviation authority instructing those affected to claim compensation. here to help shed some light on people's rights is the travel journalist trisha andres. thanks for coming eggs begin to usn ireland and in which airports. is that right?” think at the moment you have got two times of strikes, piling strikes which has affected over 4000 passengers today. there are 24 cancellations today. that is really looking at ireland and uk roots and best thing for tuesday with the 16 cancelled flights affect increase out of 500 people. but also you have got in addition to that cabin crew strike and that is going to affect 50,000 passengers with more than 600 cancelled flights on wednesday the 25th and thursday the 26th. quite a lot of fights. this of course at a time when the school holidays are just starting. what is the reason behind it? why are they striking? for the piling strikes according to a trade union organising the strike, pilots will not be able to use a provision to use their time for the company to determine future promotions, annual leave and also tra nsfers promotions, annual leave and also transfers from base. so that is the main issue. as for cabin and crew, theissue

us. one of the first things i had to do was present the chinese aviation authority with a special scroll. to bring our customers along as well. since the chairman has come on board, he recognizes the complexity and has completely supported the new stuff. that was the lloyd's of london chief executive. you can watch the full episode on bloomberg. a companynext, increases its takeover bid of sky. we will break down that battle. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> economics, finance, and politics. this is bloomberg surveillance. let's get to the first word news in new york city. >> donald trump is doubling down on his criticism of american allies. president called for nato members to raise their defense spending. the president has been trying unsuccessfully to get to germany and other nato nations to pay more for their protection for russia. theresa may possibly government is expected to publish a plan in --hite paper for for establishing future u.k. and european union economic ties. last friday, theresa may unified the cabinet behind the plan. pandora is teaming up with snap in a bed to win over new --

aviation authority and a drone pilot. gareth corfield a journalist that write about drones at the register. a couple of other people were supposed to be able to join usow the code, they can pose a risk, no doubt, but we also need to make sure all the good things drones can do it they can achieve as well. gareth, do you think they are a threat. i do, especially people who live in getting thrill seeking videos, that kind of thing i think is bang out of order but there is a large amount to be said for responsible drone flights and people who want to have fun with a piece of equipment in their back garden. these new rules coming in, no higher than 100 feet, is that sufficient. the government reviews the rules all the time, there is a new consultation looking at more powers for police and extending the rules. absolutely, there are rules already, there have some time, they are kept under review to make sure they are right and people need to follow the genome code and then they should be safe. do you agree? broadly, it's important to follow the rules, and the government is doing some good things in that regard but i think one column at boundary around the a