The ambulance of the future? Spaceship-like flying vehicle can zip through the air at 288mph - and could reach patients within eight minutes

It may look like something out of the classic science-fiction series Thunderbirds. But this spaceship-like flying vehicle could well be an ambulance of the future. That's because it has been designed to speed to emergencies at 288mph (250 knots), with the target of arriving at the scene within just eight minutes. Although it is currently just a concept, the JA1 Pulse will be built to carry emergency equipment and one trained medical professional to remote and difficult to access areas of the countryside. The crew member will be both the pilot and first responder.