All one’s life one has probably heard stories about the possibility of flying cars, with some of those accounts insisting that the flying car would be just around the corner. CNN has a story about another company, Terrafugia, that claims it’s now got flying automobiles.
At CNN, Dan Gross writes about Terrafugia in a post entitled, “Is this (finally) our flying car?”:
The company has a promotional video for their product, of course:
Dan Gross’s post, though, is more cautious than its bold title. He explains that “the Woburn, Massachussetts-based aerospace company announced it has begun feasibility studies on a car capable of vertical takeoffs and landings. The TF-X would be a four-seat, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, according to the company.”
That sugests to me that a flying car is farther away than a bold headline would suggest, and that flying out of one’s driveway is much further away, still.
But what do you think? Is Terrafugia’s design at last the car for which so many have hoped?
I agree. This doesn’t seem like much of a flying car. It’s a small airplane parked in someone’s garage.
definately not ready yet
I’d like a rocket pack on my back, like Rocket Man of the old Republic serials of the 40’s & 50’s. Got a vid of that, Old Chum..?
Looks like the wings create a big blindspot. Dont take it on the Whitewater by pass !
Rocket Man? How about this —
On Whitewater’s roads – a recipe for utter disaster.