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Flying Car Flies From London To Africa
krou writes "It may not be exactly what people have envisioned or tried over the years, such as the flying car in Bladerunner, or the previously reported Terrafugia Transition, but the BBC is reporting that a flying car (creatively dubbed the Skycar, but different from this Skycar) has flown from London across into Africa. They modified a parajet fan that can fly a man into a bigger fan with a canopy that is capable of flying a car."
Does it have to pay the London congestion charge?
"They modified a parajet fan that can fly a man into a bigger fan."
I'd rather have a flying car that doesn't fly me into ANY sized fan, thankyouverymuch.
What doesn't kill you only delays the inevitable
The vehicle flying to Africa is more a proof-of-concept than anything else, a fully functioning engineering prototype. The actual flying car model is slated to be released next year and is supposed to be a real car.
Disclaimer: I work for one of their sponsors.
But is it an European or an African flying car?
Colorless green Cthulhu waits dreaming furiously.
What's all the hubub about? It's simply a paraglider that has been made large enough to carry a payload larger than a man (a car in this case). That's like saying someone who connects a blimp to a camper has invented a flying home. *shrug*
Thanks. I looked at "flying a man into a bigger fan" and thought that sounded really messy.
Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
Yo dawg, we heard you like flying with fans, so we put a fan inside a bigger fan so that you can fly a man into a bigger fan with a canopy that is capable of flying a car.
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