Transportation services for pod assemblies

A pod assembly transportation system including a transportation services provider computing system and a plurality of flying frame flight control systems each having logic stored within a non-transitory computer readable medium, the logic executable by one or more processors, wherein the system is configured to:

• receive, at the transportation services provider computing system, a request for transportation of a pod assembly having a current location and a destination;
• upload a flight plan to a flight control system of a flying frame including an airframe having first and second wings with at least two pylons extending therebetween and a distributed propulsion system having at least two propulsion assemblies directly coupled to the first wing and at least two propulsion assemblies directly coupled to the second wing;
• dispatch the flying frame by air to the current location of the pod assembly;
• couple the pod assembly to the flying frame at the current location of the pod assembly;
• transport the pod assembly by air from the current location of the pod assembly to the destination of the pod assembly including rotating the flying frame including the at least two propulsion assemblies directly coupled to each wing relative to the pod assembly to transition the flying frame between a vertical takeoff and landing mode wherein the first wing is forward of the pod assembly and the second wing is aft of the pod assembly and a forward flight mode wherein the first wing is below the pod assembly and the second wing is above the pod assembly;
• and
• decouple the pod assembly from the flying frame at the destination of the pod assembly.