Flying Car - Terrafugia Transition:

Sitting amidst a sea of cars in bumper-to-bumper traffic on an endless expressway, have you ever daydreamed about your car taking off and flying over the road? Imagine if you could just flip a switch and unshackle yourself from the asphalt!

Traffic jams are the bane of any commuter. Many of us spend an hour or so stuck in traffic every week. The growing population is partly to blame for our congested roads, but the main problem is that we are not expanding our transportation systems fast enough to meet ever increasing demands. One solution is to create a new type of transportation that doesn't rely on roads, which could one day make traffic jams a 20th century relic. To do this, we must look to the sky.

In the last century, airplanes and mass-produced cars have changed the way we live. Cars, which became affordable for the general population, have allowed us to move farther away from cities, and planes have cut travel time to faraway destinations considerably. At the beginning of a new century, we may see the realization of a century-old dream -- the merging of cars and planes into roadable aircraft, or flying cars. You've probably heard promises about flying cars before, and the technology to make them safe and easy to fly may finally be here.

 

The first fully integrated flying car, or aircraft that is road ready, could be in show rooms in 18 months if test flights go well. The long anticipated Terrafugia Transition is scheduled for its first test flights next month.

The Transition was developed by former NASA engineers. It is expected to get up to 500 miles on a tank of gas. Although it has only been tested at up to 90 mph on the road, it is said that it will have the potential to fly at 115 mph.

The manufacturer supposedly already has 40 orders for the car that is expected to retail for approximately $200,000. Even if you have the cash to buy one, obtaining insurance may prove to be a bit tricky. Another consideration is that you will be required to be a licensed pilot to operate the Transition. Further, according to a report,  - the only place in the US in which it is legal to take off from a road is Alaska.


Although this is not the first flying car as some reports are claiming, it is the first fully integrate one. Back in the 1950s and 1960s there was a flying car. Actually, it was more of a roadworthy aircraft. Molt Taylor, the developer, never massed produced the vehicle.
 

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