Terrafugia Transition roadable aircraft
The Terrafugia Transition is a "roadable aircraft," and not a flying car. Hmmm, okay, whatever floats your boat...
Regardless of what the makers want to call it, it is a vehicle that flies as well as drives.
Named the Transition, a full-scale model is now taking shape...
The company, which has 10 employees, is spending “a lot of long days, nights, and weekends” working on this project states Terrafugia CEO and founder Carl Dietrich. The reason being is that they want to show off their concept vehicle at AirVenture—the world’s largest aviation festival, held annually in Oshkosh, WI this summer.
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- Posted by: Bob Holland May 9, 2008, 9:19 AM
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Yawn - another expensive air car that solves no problem.
Yeah, I hate to say it, but this is so 20th century.
The flying car, as a concept, has always seemed to me to be impossible. The idea has been around since at least the 40s, and people have been trying to come up with a legitimate flying car ever since. There have been successes that never began mass production, and miserable failures including a flying car that used the Ford Pinto. (That should have been the first clue it was headed for disaster.) Well, there is now a company called Terrafugia, and they have a roadable aircraft (that's the term) called the Transition. The Transition has folding wings, and can reach over 100 mph in the air, 60 mph on the ground, runs on gasoline and has a range of about 400 miles. You'll need some hefty personal loans for one however, as this flying car has a sticker price of about $200,000.