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Street-legal flying car cleared for takeoff
hearaldsun.com.au ^
| 3 April 20122
| AFP
Posted on 04/02/2012 8:16:26 PM PDT by smokingfrog
DRIVERS hoping to slip the surly - and traffic congested - bonds of Earth moved a step closer to realising their dream, as a US firm said it had successfully tested a street-legal plane.
Massachusetts-based firm Terrafugia said their production prototype "Transition" car-plane had completed an eight-minute test flight, clearing the way for it to hit the market within a year.
"With this flight, the team demonstrated an ability to accomplish what had been called an impossible dream," said founder Carl Dietrich.
The two-seater craft, which has the rounded features of a Fiat 500 and collapsible wings, is on presale for US$279,000 ($A267,869) and some 100 vehicles have already been ordered.
While many companies have successfully built a flying car, none have succeeded in producing more than a handful of models.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: flyingcar; terrafugia
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To: smokingfrog
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:18:25 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
How many nano-seconds passed before it was banned?
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:20:54 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between lose and loose.)
To: smokingfrog
This is the perfecto industry for OBummer to sink U.S. dinero into -— hot air! He’ll be the spokesgeek.
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:23:45 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: smokingfrog
Well. it gets better milage than the Volt.
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:25:29 PM PDT
by
patton
(DateDiff)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:25:49 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Romney/BHO only difference - one thinks he will be god, they other one thinks he already is.)
To: smokingfrog
Whys Homer got the steering wheel bungied off while its in the air?
Visibility looks atrocious on the road.
I just want a Cagiva Elefant and a Jet Pack. /s
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:26:54 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: smokingfrog
I’ll wait for a flying bass boat!
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:27:13 PM PDT
by
Cheapskate
(Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
To: smokingfrog
If you think there are idiot drivers on the roads now, you haven’t seen anything until you see the same idiots in flying cars!
To: Cheapskate
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:29:49 PM PDT
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mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: smokingfrog
Getting it past US regulations for cars would have to make it too heavy to fly.
To: mylife
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:30:59 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:36:44 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Look for the union label, then buy elsewhere.)
To: varmintman
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:36:59 PM PDT
by
Drago
To: smokingfrog
Until they go Harrier, it wont get ya out of gridlock.
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:37:12 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
To: smokingfrog
I would love to own a Powell! LOL
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04/02/2012 8:38:46 PM PDT
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mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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04/02/2012 8:40:22 PM PDT
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mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Cheapskate
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posted on
04/02/2012 8:40:48 PM PDT
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
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04/02/2012 8:52:01 PM PDT
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mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
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04/02/2012 8:53:52 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
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