Flying car takes its first flight »
Posted By STONERS 9 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsConfirmed today that its flying car — what it calls a “roadable aircraft,” the Transition -- completed its long-awaited first test flight on March 5 at Plattsburgh International Airport in upstate New York. Terrafugia showed video of the test flight during a press conference at the Museum of Science, Boston, this morning, and posted video of the flight on its website earlier today. The Transition was on temporary display in the museum’s main hall. The test flight lasted 37 seconds -- 25 seconds longer than the first Wright brothers flight.
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STONERS9 months, 2 weeks ago
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"The Transition is designed to work as a private aircraft at airspeeds up to 115 mph on flights of about 450 miles or less at 30 miles per gallon of regular gas, and then, by automatically folding up its wings in 30 seconds, operate as a car getting 27 miles to a gallon. The intent is to provide pilots with ground transportation once they reach their destination. As a car, it operates in front-wheel drive and is propeller driven in the air, according to the company."
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not2needy9 months, 2 weeks ago
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That was just too cool. You could take your plane/car with you where ever you want to go.. Amazing.
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Now it's not like what we were told when we were kids about flying cars.. They were supposed to be like hovering cars, like the Jetson's lol.... but i liked that little bugger!
Wonder what one of those babies will cost!! -
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