After years of being the staple of science fiction movies and cartoons, the flying car is finally here. The team at Terrafugia Transition have designed a car that changes into a plane in 30 seconds. It runs on regular unleaded gas, and can be yours for $194,000.
– via terrafugia
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hearsetrax
oh great .. just what I need …. the other excuse to play the lottery
Gauldar
I wouldn’t be surprised to hear a story of some millionaire who buys the thing then two days later ends up crashing it.
Evilbeagle
Pretty cool! If these were widely available a lot of people would be getting their pilot licenses.
icefergslim
It’s definitely a cool idea but what happens if it actually makes it mainstream? I wouldn’t want to walk outside during rush hour. It’s one thing to crash into another car on the ground. It’s a completely different ballgame when one aircar crashes into another aircar. Donnie Darko anyone? (Obviously not the time distortion element of the movie… just the idea of a car falling through the roof of your house 
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Ray
I hope the climb rate is better than the test flight indicated. And is it legal on the roads? Getting a vehicle type-certified ain’t trivial.
VonSkippy
Fugly and Impractical, no wonder they used MIT engineers (Go Bears).
alpha.helix
Here’s a link to Terrfugia’s youtube channel, several videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/TerrafugiaInc
The test flight video they have shows a horrible climb rate, unless it was a touch and go.
Frau
“After years of being the staple of science fiction movies and cartoons, the flying car is finally here.”
Finally here? Am I the only person who remembers the Taylor Aerocar, the Waterman Aeromobile or even the Flying Pinto??
whitcwa
Ignoring safety concerns, this is still a really bad idea. Cars and planes have very different engineering requirements. You end up with a machine which is a bad car and a worse plane.
zav
As long as you’re not looking at it, it appears to be a fine vehicle.
jwlash
That flight was actually flown here, in my hometown. It happened to be the same day I left for vacation (March 5th). But it was done well in advance of my trip to the airport.
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