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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Stephen Starr in Dayton, Ohio

Rust to riches? Ohio city’s fortunes set to rise with flying taxi startup

an air taxi on display on a street with tall buildings
Joby hopes to launch commercial flights in New York City and Los Angeles in 2025. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

For a decade, Dayton in south-west Ohio has fought to shed its rust belt past. New apartment blocks, hotels and breweries have cut into a landscape dominated by derelict warehouses and general industrial decline. But today, that transformation is shifting gears and taking to the skies.

A town that 120 years ago produced the pioneers of human flight the Wright brothers is set to build hundreds of futuristic flying taxis each year.

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