The article says you only need a "sport pilot" license to operate.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/04/transition_beta_test/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/04/transition_beta_test/
depending on the technology it inspires in the future.
Oh great, even more yokels dangerously clogging up the airspace.
It's bad enough how some people drive their cars around!
Ha, that was my first thought. I don't think people with 20 hrs. of flight time (recreational pilot license) have enough knowledge about airspace to be flying around (in planes or cars).
That's why, as far as I know, recreational pilots are limited wrt airspace/night flying etc. You'd never have an airliner sharing airspace with a flying shopping cart.