DETROIT (AP) \u2014 The Detroit auto show has returned after a three-year absence with a roar. And a soar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visitors to the prestigious North American International Auto Show, which kicked off last week, can lay eyes on the latest offerings from some of the world\u2019s biggest automakers, as they\u2019ve been able to in years past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this time around, they also can check out what organizers are calling \u201cthe show above the show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Air Mobility Experience features displays and demonstrations from six air mobility innovators \u2014 representing five countries \u2014 that include electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, a hoverbike, a hoverboard and a jet suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFeels like the future,\u201d said John George, chief creative officer of the Air Mobility Experience. \u201cWe\u2019ve all asked this question \u2014 I know I have, since I was a kid: \u2018When was that future going to arrive?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd the answer is: \u2018Now,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Show-goers can see some air mobility conveyances on display on the show floor, while others have been visible in the skies above the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That includes the ICON A5, a two-seat, amphibious, light-sport aircraft with retractable wings that enable owners to haul it in a trailer behind a truck, SUV or other vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pilots from Vacaville, California-based ICON Aircraft provided demonstration flights along the Detroit River that featured landings on the waterway that separates Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe reaction (of passengers) landing on the water is always my favorite,\u201d said Suzanne Clavette, ICON\u2019s marketing manager and a pilot who flew some of the A5 demo flights that passed by the downtown Huntington Place convention center that hosts the auto show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NAIAS last was held in January 2019. It returned last week\u00a0on a smaller scale\u00a0with fewer new model debuts and journalists, and less-glitzy displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But hosting the show in September has allowed carmakers \u2014 including Ford Motor Co., which debuted the new Mustang at downtown\u2019s Hart Plaza \u2014 and the air mobility companies to make use of the great outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHonestly, I think this is the future of shows. It\u2019s no longer just an auto show. It\u2019s a mobility show, which gives you a glimpse of all of those vehicle types, including the ones that fly,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The show runs through Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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