Look Out, Jetsons: Flying Car Is Here
CBS News
(March 19) How many times have you been stuck in traffic and dreamed of being able to just have your car take off and fly over it?
Well, the future is almost now.
A flying car made by Woburn, Mass.-based Terrafugia has already been cleared for use on roads by the company’s home state, and the process of getting it OK’d for use in the air is well under way, Terrafugia says.
The car/plane, dubbed the Transition, is the brainchild of Terrafugia founder Carl Dietrich, who brought one to The Early Show plaza Thursday to show weather anchor and features reporter Dave Price, who happens to have a pilot’s license.
The Transition can go from drive to fly in 30 seconds — that’s how long it takes for its wings to extend and lock into place, as Dietrich demonstrated for Price.
If all goes as planned, the Transition will be on the market by the end of 2011.
Here is the full article.
Very cool. When can I buy one?
How many times have you been stuck in traffic and dreamed of being able to just have your car take off and fly over it?
The reason this product will never become popular, because you can’t do exactly what the attraction would be, as described above. It requires a 1700 feet takeoff length, what you will never have, once you got stuck in the traffic.
Susan what are the rating requirements to operate this vehicle? 1800?