Where Are the Flying Cars? 362
Ponca City, We Love You writes "Complaints of the non-existence of flying cars as expressions of disappointment in the failure of the present to measure up to the glory of past predictions have long been a staple of popular culture but all that is about to change when Terrafugia introduces their $148,000 "Transition," a 19-foot, two-seater that the company describes as a roadable light-sport aircraft. The problem is that the U.S. doesn't have the infrastructure in place to make landing in front of your house a viable alternative yet and a sky filled with people who don't have pilot's licenses could also be a problem. The idea is to take advantage of the 6,000 public airports in the U.S. so a pilot can fly into a small airport (video) and instead of getting a rental car, just fold up the wings on the aircraft and drive away. Terrafugia expects the first production model to be ready in 2009 and says they've already received advanced orders for 30 to 50 Transitions."
4dartist (Score:2, Funny)
The ONN tackles the issue (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/mean_automakers_dash_nations_hope [theonion.com]
Re:Blame the Government (Score:5, Funny)
> But look at all the block the Bush Administration has put on various technologies around cloning.
> I'm not for cloning entire people, but cloning body parts - which reduces the rate of rejection to
> practically nil - is a wonderful idea. I needed a bone graft once and it didn't take from some other
> donor. It would've been nice if that could've been cloned from me.
Amen, brother! Just like you, when I read the question "Where are the Flying Cars", the first thing that popped into my mind was "It's that stupid Bush and his refusal to clone body parts!". Great minds think alike, huh?
Re:Huge blind spots when driving (Score:5, Funny)
obligatory clip (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sky Rage... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Please tag article as nothanks (Score:5, Funny)
flying cars? check out Oklahoma. (Score:5, Funny)
It's the year 2000. (Score:3, Funny)
It's a different kind of world; you need a different kind of software [youtube.com].
Rob
Re:Doesn't work that way (Score:4, Funny)