World's First Flying Car Cleared for Take Off

[Kasynlie]

Man has always dreamed to take to the air and from time to time, in different stages, this dream was accomplished, first by weather balloons, then by airplanes, then by rockets and now by a flying car. The Terrafugia Transition is a car that can fly, well, not like the one in the movie The Absent Minded Professor , but with wings like a normal airplane.

US Federal Air Authority have given the car-plane a special weight exemption, paving way for the mass production. This is an important thing to note because it is usually difficult to obtain a street-legal car manufacturing license in the US due to higher safety measures, and the Terrafugia Transition seems to have managed to get it.





The Terrafugia Transition will set you back by $195500, while the company is asking for $10,000 deposit up front. Once airborne, the speed of the car-plane powered by 100 hp Rotax 912S engine is expected to be around 115 mph with a payload of around 430 lbs. The first finished vehicle is expected to be delivered in late 2011.

SOURCE: Techtree.com India

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[Jazzy]

I got to see the trial flight runs for this flying car. It took off but didn't get very high nor did it go very far. It was very interesting to watch and up close it really looks weird. The whole concept to me is crazy to be honest. We have enough people who can't even drive on the road let alone fly

 

[Kasynlie]

It'll be a criminals dream getaway vehicle. I mean, rob a bank then jump in the car and take off along the freeway. Once you've gained enough speed, lower the wings and freedom...

 

[Evil Eye]

And with the loot they can buy a few more!



Cool to see a working, available, flying car though

 

[The Dragon Master]

Thats no car

It's more of a plane

But if they can make a car that looks like a car and fly's then cool

 

[Raven]

It's not the world first. There has been another flying car.