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Thursday, March 19, 2009 | 4:25pm

Have You Seen The Flying Car?

Posted by Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes

shit is crazy yo

tf

This is kinda bananas, doubt i’ll fly one but bananas.

Terrafugia (pronounced Terra-FOO-gee-ah) has completed the first successful test of its flying car. The company’s Transition Roadable Aircraft Proof of Concept is a two-seat aircraft that can take off and land at local airports as well as drive on regular roads. Converting between the two modes takes all of 30 seconds.

The company said that the flying car (sorry, but the official name is a mouthful) can travel at speeds up to 115 mph for 450 miles in the air, drive at highway speeds on the ground, and fold up to fit in a standard garage with a parked width of 81 inches and a height of 80 inches.

For its first flight, Phil Meteer, Colonel, USAFR (Retired) flew the car at Plattsburgh International Airport in Plattsburgh, NY. The chase aircraft was piloted by Giora Guth. The flight lasted less than a minute and was maybe 10 feet in the air, but it’s a start. (Short video of the flight after the break.)

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5 Responses to Have You Seen The Flying Car?

  1. That cool I guess, But I just see one more thing that needs gas in it, lol.

  2. TheBolB says:

    That’s hot, come 2025 we’re goin to need air police, triple AAAir n $hit..
    -B.

  3. its gonna be crazy, gamble planet

  4. ca$h says:

    i got one.

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