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Future perfect? Flying trains may soon become reality and transform travel

A French entrepreneur is pitching flying trains to Boeing Co. and others

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In China's Shanghai, Maglev trains such as the one above, are running commercially covering 38 kilometers. Picture courtesy: YouTube

Bloomberg I Marie MawadAnia Nussbaum
It sounds like something Q, the tech guy in James Bond movies, would create: A plane that lands on a runway, shrugs its wings off, turns into a train and rolls on to rails to drop you off at your local station.

That’s what a French entrepreneur, who’s made millions by connecting engineers with industrial groups, is pitching to Boeing Co. and others. "Link & Fly" is Akka Technologies’s new flagship aircraft design, with wings that come off to hasten turnover at airports and make boarding easier and closer to passengers’ homes.

“After cars go electric and autonomous, the next