Is is a car? Is it a plane? Actually it's both, and it certainly beats sitting in traffic jams

Daily Mail ^ | March 6 08

[SkyPilot]

By the way, my dad is retired, in his mid 70's, and lives on an Airpark. The taxiway goes right up to his driveway, and his garage is his hanger.

When he wants to go on the highway or to the grocery store, he gets out of his Piper Warrior and steps into one of 2 vehicles he owns.

[ALinArleta]

Air cars. 90% air 10% junk. IE Moler air car. Flying Pinto and this remake of a 1930's design.

[Vaduz]

And a dog fight would give me a brown alert I don’t know how they do it.

[Old Professer]

[uglybiker]

Is is a car? Is it a plane?

NO! IT'S A SLOW NEWS DAY!!!

[B4Ranch]

>We still have a 1/3 washout rate in Air Force, Marine, and Navy flight schools - and these are some of the finest young men and women in the country. Not everyone is cut out to be a pilot.<

Would you stretch this out a bit further and say that, " Not everyone is cut out to be a fighter pilot.

Getting my Private ticket was probably easier for me than getting my Comercial drivers license. Flying an O-1 Birddog is a whole lot different that holding on to a AU-23A Peacemaker then the guy who is strapped into F-4J Phantom is in an entirely different universe completely.

[ModelBreaker]

You’ll need some room to make a run at the takeoff. A typical freeway wouldn’t be appropriate.

Especially at rush hour.

[null and void]

Dunno, I’ll ask my Dad. (I thnk they may have been unfolded, but not locked in position)...

[Richard Kimball]

What happens if you run out of gas at 10,000 feet? Nobody would ever find you up there!

[LeGrande]

Is that a Subaru engine?

Should have used a Maxwell Soob. : )

[SALChamps03]

“To switch back from plane to car, the wings simply fold inwards..” I just hope that the driver understands that he must land the car first or he’ll be in for a very BIG surprise.

That was the very first thought that crossed my mind.

[Oztrich Boy]

Did you know that John Kerry served in Vietnam?

[SALChamps03]

What’s the problem? If he folds the wings in while still in the air, it WILL land!

I am still smiling after reading that.

[SALChamps03]

4th dimension = altitude.

[SIDENET]

Looks like the RQ-4 Reaper borrowed the tail/prop configuration of that flying car.

[Polybius]

Many people are at at their mental limits just barely driving a car. Flying means thinking in 4 dimensions....it’s beyond most people’s comprehension.

"As God is my witness, I thought the average driver could fly."

[Jemian]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

[Joe Boucher]

Think I’ll keep my RV6A.