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Thursday, March 19th, 2009 03:00 pm

ihnjh,ijls¹ "Volkswagen Beetle in the belly of a carp".

Terrafugia reiterates that the Transition is "not a flying car, but a roadable aircraft".  Gee, I wonder where they got that term...

[1]  "I have no joke here, I just like saying..."

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 07:08 pm (UTC)
Nice!
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 07:18 pm (UTC)
Big hurdles I see:
1) I don't know if the flying prototype had folding wings. If not, that may still be a technical issue requiring considerable effort to overcome.
2) Getting it certified for road use. This probably will require crash testing and all that. Unless some sort of waiver is available that provides for limitations on its use but I'm not aware of any such.