**EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01HRS MONDAY 16TH JULY** Volante Vision concept personal commuter micro-plane.
Aircraft name: Volante Vision
Style personal commuter micro-plane
Price: £3m to £5m
Likely customers: super-rich, gadget-fans, James Bond
Consortium behind it: Aston Martin, aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce PLC, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, Cranfield University
Time to production: About five years
Seats: 3 (pilot and two passengers)
Length: 8000mm
Wingspan: 6000mm
Height
(landing): 1800mm
Height
(in flight): 1400mm (excluding propeller).
Power: Green hybrid-electric drive (being developed by Rolls-Royce PLC).
Lift: Three propellers two forward, one at horizontal at rear for vertical take-off and landing.
Theory: Part plane, part hover-drone
Speed: 200mph-plus
Range: 250 miles to 300 miles.
Structure: Super lightweight carbon-fibre compounds developed by Aston Martin for its streamlined cars
Designed: Aston Martin chief creative officer Marek Reichman.
Inspiration: Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar.
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