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Pregnant Fan Goes Into Labor At Taylor Swift Concert
FAA Clears California Company's Flying Car For Takeoff
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By Ben Hooper
July 3 (UPI) -- A California startup announced its pro- totype flying car has been cleared for takeoff by
the Federal Aviation Administration.
Alef Aeronautics said its "Model A" is the first flying vehicle that can drive on public roads and park like an average car to receive clearance for flight by the FAA.
The FAA confirmed the vehicle was given a special airworthiness certificate for purposes including research, development and exhibition.
The agency said the vehi- cle is not the first of its kind to be issued such a certifi- cate, but Alef said the Model A is distinguished by being the only VTOL -- vehicle takeoff and landing aircraft -- to be able to drive and park like a normal car.
"We're excited to receive this certification from the FAA. It allows us to move closer to bringing people an environmentally friendly and faster commute, saving individuals and companies hours each week. This is a one small step for planes, one giant step for cars," Alef CEO Jim
Dukhovny said in a news release.
The Model A has been in development since 2015 and was inspired by tech- nology from the film Back to the Future Part II, which coincidentally takes place in the year 2015.
The company is accepting pre-orders for the Model A, which it expects to officially hit the market in 2025 with a price tag of about $300,000.
The Model A has not yet been certified for public road travel by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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By Ben Hooper
July 5 (UPI) -- An Ohio woman cel- ebrating the birth of her son revealed she went into labor at an unusual place: a Taylor Swift concert.
Tori Hedges said she was still a few weeks from her due date when she went to Swift's Eras Tour concert in Cincinnati with a friend.
"We were just happy we could get down there and go, hoping that I would be able to make it, and luckily was able to make it for the most part," Hedges told WBTV.
Hedges, who was seated behind the stage in the upper bowl of the stadium, said she was climbing down from the area after the show
ended when her water broke.
"It was literally not even 20 min- utes after she got off the stage when we were leaving, going down the ramp. That's when I was like, 'I think, I think I got to go to the bathroom,'" Hedges said.
"When my friend realized what was happening, she started freaking out and grabbed whoever the first person she could
find outside of the bathroom."
Stranger Niko Lacobucci ended up placing the 911 call.
"I didn't even know her name. That's the funny part. I had to ask her her name in a text," Lacobucci said.
An ambulance took Hedges from the stadium to hospital, where her son, Lyle, was born.
"People say that I started my new era as being a mother, so leave the Eras Tour and go into my new one," Hedges said.
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