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TXflyer
07-01-2010, 03:24 AM
Pretty fly! ;)

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/30/transition.flying.car/index.html?hpt=C2&fbid=6jlAwxCGQ4c

So, sometime in the not-so-distant future, maybe we'll be able to fly our cars to the airport before boarding a jetliner for a long-distance flight??
MathFox
07-01-2010, 05:32 PM
Do you have an air-strip in your garden?

(you are not allowed to take off from a random stretch of road.)
Barb-SAN
07-01-2010, 07:15 PM
Do you have an air-strip in your garden?

(you are not allowed to take off from a random stretch of road.)
Hmmm...seems that rule kinda defeats the "flexibility" of the concept. I was imagining driving along, and being able to suddenly take off and fly over congested areas on the freeway...;)...and then come back down and continue driving, with the convenience of driving right up to the door of my destination.
Price is kind of a show-stopper too. :eek::(
MathFox
07-01-2010, 08:41 PM
The idea is that you drive the plane as a car to a local general aviation field, convert it to a plane and take off from the runway. Fly to an airfield near your destination, convert back to a car and drive the last few miles to your destination.

It is several meters wider with wings extended and hitting a telephone pole during takeoff or landing run does seem pretty harmful to the pilot and passenger.
TXflyer
07-02-2010, 02:04 AM
It is several meters wider with wings extended and hitting a telephone pole during takeoff or landing run does seem pretty harmful to the pilot and passenger.

Of course. I was just being a little silly, though I do think it's a cool concept, no matter how impractical. :tongue: