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Flying Car Completes Its First Flight, Promises to Be Totally Unaffordable
11:00AM Dan Nosowitz | We’ve been promised flying cars in sci-fi for so long, we’ve forgotten that by god, we’re owed them. This “Transition” aircraft is a pretty decent first step, but we’ve got a ways to go. More »
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Terrafugia Transition Flying Car Unbelievably Close to Reality, Going On Sale Next Year
10:00AM Matt Buchanan | Unlike so many other pie-in-the-sky tech masturbation fantasies masquerading as projects that’ll see the light of day, Terrafugia’s Transition flying car amazingly looks like it really will go on sale next year, as its creators claimed three years ago. Gregory Mone from Pop Sci even got to sit in the $US194,000 car, which is basically “a single-engine, rear-propeller aeroplane that just happens to be street-legal.” It’s still on track for its first test flight next month, and experts expect that it will indeed fly. We won’t get truly Jetsons giddy until it does take flight, but we’re pretty excited in the meantime. [Pop Sci] More »
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