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The End of Solotrek

Posted by michael on from the flying-car dept.

bobetov writes "For those of us fed up with gravity and gridlock, the Solotrek XFV personal VTOL aircraft has been the real IT. A Segway is a nice scooter and all, but this thing can fly. But it all comes down to dollars in the end, and, with a recent test-flight accident and a missed milestone, Trek Aerospace is calling it quits."

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  1. FUCKING TIMERE SHIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I would've had an fp bitchcockc shit fuck p[iss cocksucker titty goatse

  2. Re:When I wanna get high by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    "It's cheaper, safer, and even helps get me laid.
    • We've told you before ... your mom doesn't count!
  3. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    it is!

  4. If Their HTML Is Any Indication by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    of their technical expertise, then it's just as well that they shut down. Their press release shows up in Netscape 4.08 with the right hand side obscured by a menu while the executive grins in ignorance. Their main page shows up as one long extremely thin column of words in the center of the page, like a smoke trail following a personal solotrek into the ground below. If you overlook weblint, you'll probably also overlook things like tether lines, fuel connections, bolts, etc.