Skip to comments.
This ‘Back to the Future’ style flying car closer to reality than you might think (Terrafugia TF-X)
GeekWire ^
 | August 4, 2015
 | Molly Brown
Posted on 08/05/2015 6:41:17 PM PDT by EveningStar
This Back to the Future style flying car is closer to reality than you might think
 ... Massachusetts-based Terrafugia is developing the TF-X and states that the flying car is 8 to 12 years away from becoming an everyday reality ...
(Excerpt) Read more at geekwire.com ...
TOPICS: Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; flyingcar; terrafugia; tfx
To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...
To: EveningStar
    OH BULL CHIT we have no maned capability and folks are talking about this get real not you ES the article
 
3
posted on 
08/05/2015 6:43:35 PM PDT
by 
al baby
(Hi Mom)
 
To: EveningStar
    Caution: Burning falling wreckage.
 
4
posted on 
08/05/2015 6:45:37 PM PDT
by 
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
 
To: al baby
    People have enough trouble driving in 2 dimensions.
 
5
posted on 
08/05/2015 6:50:22 PM PDT
by 
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
 
To: EveningStar
    For the same amount of money you can buy an amphib LSA with the same performance, a trailer for the amphib, and an Escalade to tow it around.
 
6
posted on 
08/05/2015 6:57:35 PM PDT
by 
USNBandit
(Sarcasm engaged at all times)
 
To: EveningStar
    Just wait for the first lawsuits from the family of an owner who got decapitated.
 
7
posted on 
08/05/2015 6:59:57 PM PDT
by 
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
 
To: EveningStar
    Why wait ? 
 
8
posted on 
08/05/2015 7:02:41 PM PDT
by 
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370.  Sorry for the inconvenience.)
 
To: EveningStar
9
posted on 
08/05/2015 7:08:21 PM PDT
by 
Rodamala
 
To: EveningStar
10
posted on 
08/05/2015 7:08:28 PM PDT
by 
Rodamala
 
To: All
11
posted on 
08/05/2015 7:13:30 PM PDT
by 
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without  "ID")
 
To: EveningStar
    Osprey Home Edition. What could go worng.
 
12
posted on 
08/05/2015 7:43:01 PM PDT
by 
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
 
To: EveningStar; SkyDancer
    That video makes it look far too simplistic. It 
flies itself? 
Hey Janey, what do you think of this contraption?
13
posted on 
08/05/2015 7:48:29 PM PDT
by 
wastedyears
(Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls, out Sept 4th, 2015)
 
To: EveningStar
    The additional years may be the answer for safety by that time, however I don’t see it in wide spread use due cost. This is something the richer ‘n ‘H’ liberals will dominate the market.
 
14
posted on 
08/05/2015 8:01:18 PM PDT
by 
rockinqsranch
((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
 
To: wastedyears
    Something like this?
 
15
posted on 
08/05/2015 9:09:53 PM PDT
by 
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
 
To: cripplecreek
    Correct. Add to that the problems we are already experiencing with private drones violating FAA airspace restrictions on their operation: intruding above private property and flying well above maximum permitted altitude into the approaches to active commercial airports.
No, this is an avoidable problem. There are some inventions that are wonderful technical achievements that simply should not be in the hands of the general public no matter how wealthy they are.
 
16
posted on 
08/06/2015 3:36:36 AM PDT
by 
Captain Rhino
(Determined effort today forges tomorrow)
 
To: Captain Rhino
    I don’t like the idea of self driving cars but flying cars could be nothing but self flying.
 
17
posted on 
08/06/2015 3:41:03 AM PDT
by 
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
 
To: EveningStar
    Still waiting...
 
18
posted on 
08/07/2015 2:45:16 AM PDT
by 
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
 
To: Captain Rhino
    And privately owned aircraft. That’s another problem ... no wait, it’s the same problem.
 
19
posted on 
08/07/2015 6:12:17 PM PDT
by 
Oztrich Boy
(Palins are better parents than Clintons.)
 
    Disclaimer:
    Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
    posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
    management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
    exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson