It's Not a Flying Car - It's a Drivable Airplane

waderoush writes "Aviation enthusiasts have been dreaming of flying cars since the 1940s. But in an old machine shop in Woburn, MA, a team of MIT aero/astro grads is building what could be the first practical airplane that's also certified for highway driving. Angel-funded startup Terrafugia, headed by 2006 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner Carl Dietrich, hopes to have its first full-scale proof-of-concept vehicle ready to show off at July's AirVenture aviation festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin."

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Re:Stupid idea

[mlwmohawk]

Look at the accident and fatality rates with the masses and regular cars. I can't imagine how many deaths this would cause worldwide. A flying car is great in cheesy novels and movies, but horrible in reality.

Think about what it will do for healthcare? Rather than having society and insurance companies pay for those injured in car accidents, they'll just die in a plane crash. Freeing up their estate to help the economy.

I don't see any downside, do you? By having the death penalty, abortion, unprovoked wars, no universal health care, and insurance companies that can legally denying life saving procedures, it is clear that we as a nation regard death as nothing but an economic tool.

This combines all our buzzword political egos. Innovation, invention, reduced health care, greater freedom, etc.

Yea! America!