"The Flying Car,"

It can take off and land at any airport, but the Terrafugia Transition is more than just a plane.


The man behind the Terrafugia Transition, dubbed "The Flying Car," says you could see his vehicle on the road and in the skies as early as 2011.
The two-seater vehicle completed its first flight last March and just recently completed 27 additional flights, wrapping up the first of a four stage process to bring the Transition into production.
"It's been very successful," Carl Dietrich, co-founder and CEO of Terrafugia, told CTV's Canada AM in a recent interview.
"We've got a very good handling vehicle and our test pilot said that the flights were just remarkably unremarkable -- it just flies like a really nice, little airplane."
The tests were held to demonstrate how the vehicle can drive, fly, and automatically transform between the two.
Dietrich said the vehicle targets pilots who currently face a number of obstacles that prevent them from flying on a more regular basis.
"Weather sensitivity is a huge one," he said.
"This vehicle allows a pilot to at any time, if the weather changes, to divert to the nearest airport, fold up their wings and drive safely under the weather."
After landing, transforming from plane to car takes the pilot less than 30 seconds.
Dietrich said a second barrier is the expense of owning an aircraft.
"With the wings folded up, the vehicle actually fits inside a single car garage," Dietrich said.
He said that equates to large savings for pilots because they don't have to spend money storing the vehicle in a hangar.
In the air, the Transition can cruise up to 725 kilometres at more than 100 kts (185 km/h).
It has front wheel drive on the road and a propeller for flight. Both modes are powered by unleaded gasoline.
The vehicle is expected to cost around $200,000 and Dietrich said he already has 60 deposits of $10,000.



It's a new aircraft that you can fly from point A to B and then drive it home.


The Terrafugia Transition, which will be registered with the FAA as a Light Sport Aircraft, can convert between a plane and a car in 20 seconds with the touch of a button .

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Thats neat!! Wonder how many wrecks its going to cause from rubber neckers!!

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