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Flying car closes in on FAA OK
Boston Hearald ^ | 8/15 | Boston Hearald

Posted on 08/16/2012 7:10:14 PM PDT by dalereed

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For all those that have waited 50 years, it's finally here!!!!
1 posted on 08/16/2012 7:10:21 PM PDT by dalereed
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Looks like a plane to me.


2 posted on 08/16/2012 7:12:58 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: dalereed

My God, 98% of the drivers out there (and that’s a low estimate) can’t handle 2 dimensions and now we are going to add a 3rd.

It’s going to be a slaughter


3 posted on 08/16/2012 7:14:48 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: cripplecreek

Looks like a plane, flies like a plane, lands like a plane, must be a duck.......


4 posted on 08/16/2012 7:16:29 PM PDT by Red Badger (Anyone who thinks wisdom comes with age is either too young or too stupid to know the difference....)
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To: cripplecreek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To1ExC—Pks


5 posted on 08/16/2012 7:16:41 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: dalereed

It’s not a flying car unless someone like George Jetson could fly it.


6 posted on 08/16/2012 7:17:04 PM PDT by DManA
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To: qam1

Little harder coasting to a stop if your engine quits at 1500 feet.


7 posted on 08/16/2012 7:20:52 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: dalereed
The Spacely Sprocket looks more fun....


8 posted on 08/16/2012 7:26:19 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!!!)
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9 posted on 08/16/2012 7:32:40 PM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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To: cripplecreek

That’s one ugly car/plane/whatever. The Moller SkyCar at least has some sex appeal.


10 posted on 08/16/2012 7:34:23 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad ((((( )))))
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Flying car Folding Plane closes in on FAA OK

Fixed it.

11 posted on 08/16/2012 7:35:35 PM PDT by papertyger ("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if..."))
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Youngest daughter tried to fly our old 94 Buick. Every time I see her, I ask if I can borrow her car. I want to see how far her Honda can fly.


12 posted on 08/16/2012 7:37:26 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Yeah, but George Jetson could fold up his car and fit it into his briefcase.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhF4gu87rn0

(At 00:50)

13 posted on 08/16/2012 7:38:46 PM PDT by thecodont
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Little harder coasting to a stop if your engine quits at 1500 feet.

Oh, you'll coast to a stop, all right.

14 posted on 08/16/2012 7:39:03 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I love the Universe, and it loves me.)
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To: Doogle

Couldn’t tell how much crosswind there was, but it appeared to really crab to the right upon liftoff and the the left on final. And because of the shape of the body, there is considerable ground effect on the last foot or so before touchdown.
If it flies as sweet as it APPEARS to do in the video....and if I had a spare $280K I’d buy one and reactivate my license.


15 posted on 08/16/2012 7:40:29 PM PDT by Tucker39 ( Psa 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of our salvation.KJV)
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Take off role was 28 seconds, not something I'd write home about. Climb, maybe about the same as an old 150 on a hot day. How is this thing gonna do with some density altitude? I must have some Missouri blood in me somewhere....
16 posted on 08/16/2012 7:40:42 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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I'm thinking I can figure out a cheaper way to go out in a blaze of glory. Here, hold my beer and watch this.....

/johnny

17 posted on 08/16/2012 7:53:56 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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GM is making a new flying car. They’re going to call it the Chevy Plummet.


18 posted on 08/16/2012 7:56:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: dalereed

And a bunch of Popular Mechanics covers.


19 posted on 08/16/2012 8:02:32 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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