Fly away from Your Commuter Nightmare
Anyone who has ever been tormented by dogged traffic jams should listen up, by the end of next year the dream of a flying auto could be a reality. Today, for only $10,000 as a deposit a driver can reserve your personal Terrafugia Transition, a winging automobile which will also be street legal. The company has been working on the plan for this machine since 2006 and it now appears that it will become real.
This flying motorcar, or as it is referred to by the company, this road able aircraft gets 30 mpgs on the highway, has front wheel drive, and can handle two people. Its storage area possesses elbow room for camping equipment. The car can accomplish normal highway speeds while still being capable of fitting in a normal garage or parking place when its wings are folded. When its time to fly merely activate the button in the cockpit and open the vehicles wings. Then all that is needed is a mere one-third of a mile of straight road for takeoff. Legally you still have to fly and land on an airport so air traffic is managed. But who knows how that will change in the future?
Offering a 400 mile range in addition to a cruising speed of 115 mph aloft, the Transition is perfect for the long family trip. Terrafugia reports the Transition is perfect for jaunts anywhere from 1 hundred and 400 miles. A driver only requires a drivers permit and a Light Sports Aircraft license to operate the vehicle. The pilots permit only necessitates twenty hours of flying time and simply five of those must be solo. You can even obtain the flying permit through Terrafugia.
The Transitions safety features comply with all government automobile safety measures imposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It includes crumple zones, airbags and some other safety features essential to make the auto street legal. Supplementary safety characteristics follow Federal Aviation Administration ordinances.
The Transition is set for its introduction at the end of 2011.
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