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Looking like the sort of machine that would be carried by Thunderbird 2, a Polish Mountain Rescue team has been testing a small eVTOL built by Jetson. A group of Jetson employees went to southern Poland to demonstrate several different mission scenarios, including a flight to the summit of Mt Luban, which has an elevation of 1,211m. The Jetson ONE reached the summit in under four minutes, despite flying in strong winds and gusty conditions.
Jaroslaw Jurczakiewicz, head of the Polish mountain rescue unit, commented, “this is not just a tech showcase, but a real opportunity for a new tool in our work,” and added “equipment like this could enable extremely fast access to casualties —especially in situations where reaching them by ATV or on foot takes dozens of minutes if not longer, depending on availability of prepared mountain trails.”
