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General Discussions => Education => Science => Topic started by: Devlyn on May 11, 2013, 12:20:58 PM

Title: Sweet justice! They named the flying car "Transition"
Post by: Devlyn on May 11, 2013, 12:20:58 PM
One for the transgender community!

http://www.terrafugia.com/ (http://www.terrafugia.com/)

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrafugia_Transition (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrafugia_Transition)
Title: Re: Sweet justice! They named the flying car "Transition"
Post by: Jamie D on May 21, 2013, 04:34:26 AM
Flying cars have been around for a while

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitaltrends.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F04%2FFulton_Airphibian_FA-3-101.jpg&hash=fee4f90b554f45568d291bfe582f3d6a774fb5ff)

1946 Fulton "Airphibian"

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1947 Dreyfuss "ConvAirCar" - It crashed.


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1956 Molt Taylor "Aerocar"

Five of these were built; one of them was owned and flown by actor Robert Cummings on his television show in the 1950s and 1960s.  However, the project died under the weight of government regulation.
Title: Re: Sweet justice! They named the flying car "Transition"
Post by: Jamie D on May 21, 2013, 05:10:28 AM
Though not strictly a flying car, the 1958 Piasecki "Airgeep" was an innovation

Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SERvwWALOM#)
Title: Re: Sweet justice! They named the flying car "Transition"
Post by: Devlyn on May 21, 2013, 05:49:38 AM
They like to call them flying cars, but they're all closer to drivable airplanes.
Title: Re: Sweet justice! They named the flying car "Transition"
Post by: Jamie D on May 21, 2013, 06:05:06 PM
This one had a slight problem during the demonstration.

Triphibian car (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFP8gLYu43A&feature=player_embedded#)

Notice the smoking hair
Title: Re: Sweet justice! They named the flying car "Transition"
Post by: Devlyn on May 21, 2013, 06:13:49 PM
The problem isn't building them.........texting is going to sound the death knell of the flying car!
Title: Re: Sweet justice! They named the flying car "Transition"
Post by: Jamie D on May 27, 2013, 01:07:28 AM
Not if you have an Otto pilot!  ;)

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