World's first flying car prepares for take-off

Is it a car? Is it a plane? Actually it’s both. The first flying automobile, equally at home in the sky or on the road, is scheduled to take to the air next month. If it survives its first test flight, the Terrafugia Transition, which can transform itself from a two-seater road car to a plane in 15 seconds, is expected to land in showrooms in about 18 months’ time.

Its manufacturer says it is easy to keep and run since it uses normal unleaded fuel and will fit into a garage.

Carl Dietrich, who runs the Massachusetts-based Terrafugia, said: “This is the first really integrated design where the wings fold up automatically and all the parts are in one vehicle.”

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500km on a single tank of fuel...

Retail price of $200,000 (£132,000)...

okey dokey then.

I starteda thread about the manufacturing of this and I had people say me that all these are CANNOT-BE-FULLFILLED ideas

*looks at members profile

Thanks

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I wouldn't say it's the first .........

In 1917 Glenn Curtiss designed the Autoplane.

In 1918 the first patent for a flying car went to a competitor - F. Longobardi.

the logan flying car

Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but I saw a flying car years ago in the San Diego air and space museum. It was a small compact that backed into a set of wings and then they were attached. After that a propeller was affixed on the front of the car and it became a plane. There were other flying cars well before this one though they were never economically feasible. Here's a link to an old newsreel of another flying car of the past. http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=...20566&hl=en

needs verticle liftoff capabilities.

does this mean I need to get a pilots license?

I think they mean it could be the first to hit mass production and be publicly available.

With all the crazies on the road, now we get to have them in the sky, too. I can just see landing it in the Walmart parking lot.

With all the crazies on the road, now we get to have them in the sky, too. I can just see landing it in the Walmart parking lot.

I can see them falling out of the sky onto freeways and houses....................

I think they mean it could be the first to hit mass production and be publicly available.

I think this car is being production line produced at the moment, and it has vertical liftoff, plus runs on ethanol.

http://www.moller.com/newm.htm

Might be a good time to learn how to roof.

I think this car is being production line produced at the moment, and it has vertical liftoff, plus runs on ethanol.

http://www.moller.com/newm.htm

I like this design better. rather than a Car with wings.. xD