# What do I need to do to have a helicopter landing pad on my roof? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 16, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-have-a-helicopter-landing-pad-on-my-roof/1001641 "2024-05-16T16:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-have-a-helicopter-landing-pad-on-my-roof/1001641/7 "2024-05-16T19:05:28Z")
Helicopters are so yesterday for personally owned transportation. Instead the people here who aren’t old fogies (or broke) are making plans for: > [@Flying cars ... finally here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-cars-finally-here/973853/): > > OK, everyone who’s been waiting for flying cars, your wait is over: Well, almost over. That just a prototype, so it may take a while to get it into production. But it flies, and looks like a car, well, one that’s a mashup with a quadcopter. Also may take a while to get FAA certification. And once you get one, don’t forget to get a pilot’s license… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-have-a-helicopter-landing-pad-on-my-roof/1001641)._