At last! An automobile that can crash into my bedroom!
Woburn, Mass.-based Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle — dubbed the Transition — has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. Last month, it flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet.
Via Hot Air.
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So, yeah, maybe we need to start thinking about the implications of this one.
The mass produced version (in 7-15 years) will probably include the google self-driving car system
The implications? No more gridlock for me.
Now I just need to make a cool couple of million so I can afford one.
Meh, I’ll keep my Piper Archer for the fun runs to the beach. Flying cars have been tried before. They’re lousy cars and lousy planes.
Until anti-gravity is discovered, flying cars with any practical application are still for sci-fi…