Flying Cars to be made in Massachusetts???

[The Boston Dangler]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...ying_cars_to_be_built_in_mass/?p1=Upbox_links

WOBURN, Mass.—The company developing the world's first "flying car" announced on Wednesday that low-volume production of the hybrid vehicle will take off in Massachusetts, perhaps by the end of next year.

The car-plane has wings that unfold for flying and can quickly fold back up for driving on normal roadways. The two-seater must use a runway to take off and land and is designed to fly mostly under 10,000 feet.

The company cleared a major regulatory hurdle in July when the Federal Aviation Administration granted a special weight limit exemption to the Transition.

The Transition is expected to initially be priced at between $200,000 and $250,000. The company said it already has accepted refundable $10,000 deposits for vehicles that were expected to be built during the first two or three years of production.

chance of being the first: zero
chance of selling these things: zero

 

[TruePaige]

Finally, Hybrids that are INTERESTING!

 

[MJinZ]

Now if you could use a highway to take off and land.......

 

[preCRT]

What's the mpg?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Now if you could use a highway to take off and land.......

Oops, I didn't see that guy on the motorcycle...

Oh, and how are you going to land a caroplane on this:

 

[dfuze]

People have a hard enough time paying attention to the road, now they want to make them pay attention to 10000x more airspace?

 

[coxmaster]

Odd.. Last time there was a thread about the Terrafugia ATOT seemed to be in support of it

 

[JulesMaximus]

Odd.. Last time there was a thread about the Terrafugia ATOT seemed to be in support of it

Not me. I've never been in support of the idiots I see driving cars on a daily basis being given flying machines.

 

[coxmaster]

Not me. I've never been in support of the idiots I see driving cars on a daily basis being given flying machines.

Yeah, I agree that its a horrible idea. The one fact people ALWAYS overlook is that you cant just buy this and automatically fly. You have to get a Sport Pilot certificate, which requires a good amount of training.

That alone will contribute to the failure of Terrafugia

 

[Cheesetogo]

Not me. I've never been in support of the idiots I see driving cars on a daily basis being given flying machines.

Flying licenses are not easy to get.

 

[pmoa]

haha...i have a business card from a guy that I met yesterday that works for this company!