For those in the same boat: the BBC article talks of a design where maglev trains, starting in city centers, accelerate to a few hundreds km/h and then get picked up by a huge flying wing that swoops on it like a bird of prey. Later, much farther away, that flying wing will put the trains back on a maglev track, without ever landing.
That truly is a toy for boys (as in "looks cool and dangerous") unlike the Hyperloop ("it may or may not be dangerous, but you can't see that, so who cares?")
See also: http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/flotspotting_u_of_...
That truly is a toy for boys (as in "looks cool and dangerous") unlike the Hyperloop ("it may or may not be dangerous, but you can't see that, so who cares?")