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Flying Car Ready To Take Off

Posted by timothy on from the fill-up-on-windshield-fluid-please dept.

ChazeFroy writes "The first flying automobile, equally at home in the sky or on the road, is scheduled to take to the air next month. If it survives its first test flight, the Terrafugia Transition, which can transform itself from a two-seater road car to a plane in 15 seconds, is expected to land in showrooms in about 18 months' time. Terrafugia claims it will be able to fly up to 500 miles on a single tank of unleaded petrol at a cruising speed of 115mph. Even at $200,000 per automobile, they have already received 40 orders."

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  1. Rules? by Godwin+O'Hitler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has anybody made an attempt at drafting traffic rules for flying cars yet?

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    1. Re:Rules? by FiveLights · · Score: 5, Funny

      Rules? Where we're going we don't need rules...

    2. Re:Rules? by EdIII · · Score: 4, Funny

      In the air they have to obey the same rules as other planes. On the ground they have to obey the same rules as other cars. Simple as that.

      Either way I cannot wait for the first police chase involving one of these on the road. It will be fucking exciting, especially when the chase leaves the road . Better than Dukes of Hazzard on their best day :)

      That SOB is going to get TIVO'd.

  2. this sorta thing has been done many times by wjh31 · · Score: 4, Funny

    and while many of them have taken off, none of them have taken off

  3. Re:Roads do nasty things to vehicles by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

    The people on the ground are poor though, so who cares?

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  4. Coincidence? by Viceroy+Potatohead · · Score: 5, Funny

    January: Obama becomes president.
    One month later: Flying cars.

    What's next?
    Thanksgiving: Immortality.
    Christmas: Girlfriend!

    Clearly, all this fuss about Obama has been well placed! He's not even in power yet and the flying cars are already on the way! :P

  5. Crashed.... by mrops · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not sure about the car, but the website sure crashed!

    Hope the car is better.