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LISTEN: UDOT and USU to conduct vertiport demonstration

May 20, 2024, 4:40 PM | Updated: 4:54 pm

a helicopter shown, vertiport demonstration tonight...

According to a press release from UDOT about the demonstration, a vertiport is "a defined area used for aircraft that will carry packages and people in the future." (Canva)

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LAYTON, Utah — The Utah Department of Transportation and Utah State University will conduct the state’s first vertiport demonstration Monday night.

According to a press release from UDOT about the demonstration, a vertiport is “a defined area used for aircraft that will carry packages and people in the future.”

Listen: Matthew Maass, UDOT’s aeronautics director discusses the vertiport with Jeff Caplan’s Afternoon News

 

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