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Gov. Ron DeSantis quote-posted on October 16, 2026, that Florida would make the Roadster legal. The FAA told POLITICO the vehicle is not an aircraft. No Florida bill or rule adopting the pledge was found.
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Beyond the governor's Roadster pledge: Florida Polytechnic's 'Astro,' billed as the first flying police car, and the state's Aerial Highway Network on the I-4 corridor — with testing promised by the end of 2026, per USA TODAY Network-Florida on October 21.
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The follow-up to this site's Florida flying-cars page: Florida Poly's flying police car Astro is a Jetson ONE — one seat, about 102 hp, 154 lb empty, 20 minutes of endurance — with a final FAA decision on police use expected in early December, while FDOT's plan to redirect about $197 million of federal EV-charging money into 32 vertiports draws named opposition.
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