Rani Plaut wanders through the giant workshop of his startup company, AIR, located behind a shopping mall in the drab Pardes Hanna industrial zone. A team member calls out to him, to come check out the new plane under construction. The craft is the size of a family car, with a large cabin that resembles the inside of a pickup truck. Designed to carry heavy cargo or a driver and passenger, it can take off from anywhere to a distance of 100 miles.

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