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- benutne, on 12/18/2008, -5/+93This is not a flying car, but rather a plane that drives.
- cadmiumpaint, on 12/18/2008, -2/+59"Where we're going, we don't need roads..."
- slapded, on 12/18/2008, -3/+46People can't drive in 2 dimensions, let alone 3.
- StewMeat, on 12/18/2008, -2/+30wtf, it's a damn plane with foldable wings FFS. I want a car that will take off like a harrier jet and allow me to bypass all that pesky traffic. Is that too much to ask?
- johndi, on 12/18/2008, -2/+29What if I think you're an awesome loser?
- Matrixsta, on 12/18/2008, -6/+33Wrong! This is the first flying car:
http://tinyurl.com/3y3bhj - goeric, on 12/18/2008, -1/+24http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/12/18/article- ...
Bill Gates is that you? - MisterEX, on 12/18/2008, -1/+20All planes drive. All planes fly. All cars drive. Not all cars fly.
- dtstuff9, on 12/18/2008, -1/+18Wrong. This is the first flying car.
http://a.media.abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/Specials ... - whiteknives, on 12/18/2008, -4/+19This is the where everyone on Digg votes you up/down accordingly in our best efforts to keep you at 0.
- thatoneguydunno, on 12/18/2008, -0/+13The officer didn't quite see it that way when I was driving with my Cessna to work the other day.
- casbar, on 12/18/2008, -0/+13It's got some serious blind spots in "car mode".
- blacketj, on 12/18/2008, -2/+14That is not a flying car. It is a street legal plane.
This isn't going to help anyone's commute. - Coreyc150, on 12/18/2008, -0/+11not if the FAA has anything to say about it...
- SkinnerBox, on 12/18/2008, -0/+11Where can I get one? Also, where can I get some money?
- lead2thehead, on 12/18/2008, -3/+14I think you're gay.
- Disclaimer, on 12/18/2008, -1/+11Wrong! This is the first car flying:
http://www.davidchess.com/words/log200711a.jpg - AttilaD, on 12/18/2008, -1/+11... ON the roads...?
- radicalchaos, on 12/18/2008, -0/+10I wonder if this thing will take off.
- fxu1989, on 12/18/2008, -1/+11Douche.
- Enderplayer1, on 12/18/2008, -1/+8First flying car? I think the Aerocar beat it by 38 years.
http://aerofiles.com/tay-aerocar.jpg - MyNameIsGusto, on 12/18/2008, -1/+8It was given a hover conversion in 2015. How does that make it the first flying car?
- StupotAce, on 12/18/2008, -2/+9Flying car...plane that drives...semantics.
- shotgunefx, on 12/18/2008, -1/+8I don't think flying cars would help anyone's commute either.
- burbankmarc, on 12/18/2008, -0/+6I hope my wife doesn't want one, because that just won't fly with me.
- vtnerd, on 12/18/2008, -0/+6It does require a pilot's license of some kind. The average driver is not going to pay for (or be able to afford) the process of getting a license.
- brandita, on 12/18/2008, -2/+7Now we just need some damn garbage for that alcohol fuel maker on the good ole delorean.
- jotate, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5Man, only a matter of time before we've got FUIs. Of course, that's a standard among pilots.
- piptheminkey, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5Am I the only one who would feel uneasy flying in a plane with wings that fold up??
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -1/+6Burried. Not the first flying car. There was a car back in the 70's that the wings folded up and you towed them around.
- EtherGnat, on 12/18/2008, -2/+7Wrong, this was the first flying car: http://www.bloggingthis.com/wp-content/uploads/200 ...
- shotgunefx, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5This is for licensed pilots. Not for the general masses. I would guess if you were a weekend pilot, it would be pretty convenient.
- retrokid908, on 12/18/2008, -3/+8Put some rims on that sucka THEY SPINNIN *****
- vtnerd, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5Probably not, but a lot of military aircraft that go on aircraft carriers have foldable wings to save space. It's not really a new concept.
- goeric, on 12/18/2008, -0/+5I just dugg him down but I don't think he's awesome.
- casbar, on 12/18/2008, -1/+6@iDiggr:
And you so deserved it. I like how you just gave it all up to fate though. - FearisFailure, on 12/18/2008, -1/+5Took the words right out of my mouth.
- Opiebreath, on 12/18/2008, -0/+4What?
This is such a disappointment. It's like getting X-Ray glasses that just have pictures of hand bones on them so for the first 3 seconds you think it's real.
Buried for let down. - MikiMac, on 12/18/2008, -0/+4does it have a flux capacitor?
- Subduction, on 12/18/2008, -1/+5Good idea! And if the sidewalks are congested, how about everyone just runs into the street?
- vtnerd, on 12/18/2008, -1/+5Makes more sense until you think about hundreds (assuming widespread adoption) or thousands doing it in both directions within a few hundred feet of each other to get around a blockage on a highway without any kind of air traffic control direction. Because when you think about that it doesn't make more sense at all.
- psibladeZX, on 12/18/2008, -1/+5See there's several impeding factors here... I first note that the story comes from a British source so whatever, but in the US we have the FAA and they won't be too thrilled about it. I would love this for my commute through hellish New Jersey traffic but there would be no place to land it around my job (in downtown New Brunswick)... final thing is price tag... 130k GBP are you kidding me? that's like over 200 grand here.. I have no clue who has 200k lying around to buy a mode of transportation... maybe doctors or hedge fund owners... wait, scratch that last one.
- kennyhyder, on 12/18/2008, -3/+7Is it a hybrid?
- twisterrust, on 12/18/2008, -0/+4It will make an awesome cab though!
- kraftj, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3Awwwhhh, snap!
- Questarian, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3God I'm soooo sick of Moller.... Moller's "flying car" is so close to being vaporware... I've been hearing about Moller's "flying car" for years, if not decades, and I've haven't hear of it doing anything other then crane tethered unmanned hover tests which never went more the 10-15 feet off the ground. Moller's been taking deposits for M400's since 2003, and one of their refund conditions is if they haven't gotten FAA certification by December 31, 2008... I'm betting it ain't happening.
- franklymister, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3Jay Leno's even got one in his garage http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/your_garage/cars/672 ...
James May featured that on "Big Ideas." They not only showed the Aerocar, he got in an original 1950 model and flew it. http://open2.net/jamesmay/come_fly_with_me.html
It was far more than 38 years ago, it was 59 years ago. It was produced and on the roads. - inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3If by "World's first flying car on the roads from next year "
you mean "we are the daily mail and make up crap"
then well done! - serif69, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3That's Mr. Fusion to you...
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+3The Mr. Fusion powered the flux capacitor, not the engine on the car. Buried.
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