1、Click Here for Support with using Interactive PDFsA few months ago,it was just an unassuming car park near a train station.Now,its the place where a new age of transport might have just begun.The worlds first vertiport has opened in Coventry.Its been named Air-One.Its the first time a fully-operatio
2、nal hub for electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles has been demonstrated anywhere in the world.Ricky Sandhu is the founder of the company that has set up the vertiport.He said,“The opening of Air-One is a momentous moment the starting gun for a new age of transport,an age of zero-emission,c
3、ongestion-free travel between and within cities.”The public has been invited to visit Air-One and see some of the drone test flights and what the future of travel could look like.What is a vertiport?A vertiport is a place used by vertical take-off and landing aircraft(VTOLs).At the moment,lots of dr
4、ones are small and used by people for fun.However,larger drones that can be used to carry heavy objects are being created.Many companies are also currently building flying cars and taxis.One of the problems these companies have to solve is where these large VTOLs might safely work from.Thats where v
5、ertiports come in.Similar to how trains use train stations and aeroplanes use airports,VTOLs can use vertiports.The company behind the vertiport in Coventry wants to create hundreds more across the world in the coming years.So,before long,maybe youll find yourself sitting in the back of an air taxi
6、as it whisks you off to another part of the world.Daily News Technology UK News 28th April 2022GlossaryunassumingModest;unimportant.hubA central place where different activities happen.momentousAn important event that has an impact on the future.congestionCrowded with traffic.Illustration:In the fut
7、ure,air taxis could take off from vertiports based on the design of Air-One.Did you know?The NHS is already using drones to deliver medical supplies between hospitals in some areas.Some police forces use drones to help support policing activity.Worlds First Vertiport Opens in Coventryvisit Questions
8、1.In which English city has the vertiport opened?2.Look at this sentence:Its the first time a fully-operational hub for electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles has been demonstrated anywhere in the world.Which of the following definitions is closest in meaning to the word demonstrated as it
9、is used in that sentence?(tick one)Gathered with others to show support for something.Gathered with others to protest about something.Showed people how something works.Hide something from other people.3.Which of the following types of transport wasnt mentioned in the article?(tick one)helicopters ae
10、roplanes trains flying cars4.Look at the quote by Ricky Sandhu.Why do you think he used the phrase starting gun to describe the opening of the vertiport?5.What do the VTOLs at Air-One use for power?(tick one)jet fuel hydrogen electricity gasoline6.If you had the chance,would you like to be one of the first people to fly in an air taxi from a vertiport?Explain your answer.Worlds First Vertiport Opens in Coventryvisit
