>>>>http://www.terrafugia.com/tfx-vision
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>>>>I think the cost is going to be around $240,000
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>>>Looks great - but I don't think it will get off the ground.
>>>
>>>Must have been a dozen variations on this idea in the last 30 years. Have any been successful ?
>>>
>>>Can't see that wing area providing enough lift for a one passenger vehicle, let alone four. And to push that along at the claimed 200mph and 500 mile range would require a pretty hefty engine with a commensurate amount of fuel....
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>>I'm pretty sure they are right around the corner. 90 years of consensus can't be wrong
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>>http://jalopnik.com/5488439/gallery-the-flying-cars-of-popular-science/
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>>http://jalopnik.com/5488461/dude-wheres-my-flying-car-the-popular-science-fantasy
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>>I, for one, can't wait to see them flying over *my* house. I mean, what could go wrong?
>
>I think we're back in Goldberg/Robinson territory.....
>
>I particularly liked the Citroen looking version on the second link. It appears that the only modification required to make that fly is to remove the wheels :-}


I was still in the hang-gliding world when motorized ultra-lites were first introduced. I lost three friends who were among the best hang-glider pilots in world in six months.

Can you imagine teaching driver's ed in high school ... or being the guy who has to take people out for their driver's test for a license.?