25 bold ideas : Popular mechanics (Popular mechanics Book 3) Kindle Edition

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ere have been many attempts at producing a flying car over the years—maybe too many. None has found its way onto consumer driveways. But a vehicle billed as the world’s fir pra-ical flying car had its Kitty Hawk moment on March 5, when it successfully maintained flight for 37 seconds. e two-seat Transition, classed by the FAA as a Light Sport Aircra, is a proof-of-concept built by Terrafugia, an MIT spinoff. Using ordinary unleaded gasoline, it can fly at 115 mph with a range of 460 miles, morph into a road-safe car in less than 30 seconds, pull 30 mpg on the highway and fit into an ordinary garage. e company is taking deposits and plans to deliver vehicles in 2011 for about $200,000.

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ere have been many attempts at producing a flying car over the years—maybe too many. None has found its way onto consumer driveways. But a vehicle billed as the world’s fir pra-ical flying car had its Kitty Hawk moment on March 5, when it successfully maintained flight for 37 seconds. e two-seat Transition, classed by the FAA as a Light Sport Aircra, is a proof-of-concept built by Terrafugia, an MIT spinoff. Using ordinary unleaded gasoline, it can fly at 115 mph with a range of 460 miles, morph into a road-safe car in less than 30 seconds, pull 30 mpg on the highway and fit into an ordinary garage. e company is taking deposits and plans to deliver vehicles in 2011 for about $200,000.

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