Flying Car Crashes In British Columbia

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday May 12, 2013 @06:03AM from the flying-education dept.

First time accepted submitter vawarayer writes "An experimental car has crashed near a school in British Columbia, Canada. Only five cars like this have been produced. From the article: 'A release from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) confirmed the flying car was "an American corporately registered I-Tech Maverick SP Powered Parachute" that had crashed. The vehicle, known as "Maverick," uses a 100-metre runway to take off and flies under a parasail. But it also needs a 100-metre runway to make a safe landing.'"

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I gotta ask... by Macchendra · 2013-05-12 06:16 · Score: 5, Funny

...is the Whomping Willow ok?
Note To Flying Car Manufacturers by guttentag · 2013-05-12 06:36 · Score: 3, Funny

Naming your flying car "Parachute" suggests you expect it to fail and necessitate the use of a parachute. Kind of like Dodge Aries implies your 22 hp hunk of metal is intended to ram into things.
Re:One bad thing about flying cars by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-12 11:53 · Score: 4, Funny

A bit orthogonally limited are we?