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http://www.terrafugia.com/tfx-vision>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>>Must have been a dozen variations on this idea in the last 30 years. Have any been successful ?
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>>>>>>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>>>>>
>>>>>I, for one, can't wait to see them flying over *my* house. I mean, what could go wrong?
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>>>>I think we're back in Goldberg/Robinson territory.....
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>>>>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 :-}
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>>>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.
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>>I also lost a friend who was flight testing a new design motorized hang-glider - he worked for the company that made it.
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>>Just trying to remember when it was that I first came across a hand glider. Must have been very early seventies when I was on a flight to Denver and read an article in the in-flight mag about a company based there. Had some time off and drove out to either Boulder or Golden and spent a couple of days learning the basics. The next time I was in Colorado someone told me that my instructor had also been killed. Bizarrely, he had apparently tied the glider to the roof of his car to stress test it and the car had lifted off the road and crashed.
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>>Don't see so many hang-gliders around here any more - parasails seem to be far more prevalent.....
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>Dying in his car -- you can't make this stuff up.
It was hearsay and a long time ago but I think it's true.
Recently being flying in one ot these:
http://www.stemme-powergliders.ch/en/flugzeug/index.htmlBelongs to a friend (he's in this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJJpuTipQPk
