The folks at Terrafugia have moved the flying car even further into the mainstream this weekend thanks to a weight exemption granted by the FAA. More »
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.
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]
newVideoPlayer("flyingcar_gawker.flv", 475, 286); Remember that Terrafugia Transition flying car we showed you nearly two years ago? Its makers have been busy since then, and might even get the thing flying before the end of next year. More »
