DailyDirt: When Cars Fly!

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Thu, Jul 21st 2011 5:00pm — Michael Ho

Visions of the future usually seem to include flying cars filling the sky, but given the number of terrestrial car accidents, it doesn't seem like such a great idea just yet. Still, plenty of folks are working on various kinds of personal aircrafts that could turn into somewhat practical flying cars.

Burt Rutan has designed a flying hybrid car that can fit into a standard one-car garage. Interestingly, this Model 367 BiPod isn't quite as far along in development as SpaceShipOne. [url]
The AirMule is a vertical take-off-and-land vehicle that doesn't look ready to fly anywhere near residential areas yet. Maybe that's why its designers suggest using it for pumping heavy water into damaged nuclear reactors? [url]
The European Union is looking into Personal Aerial Vehicles (PAVs) with a project called myCopter. It sounds strange that <60 mile flying trips could be more efficient than driving a car... [url]
To discover more cool sites about aviation, check out what's currently flying around StumbleUpon. [url]

By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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Filed Under: flying cars, future, mycopter, personal aerial vehicles, spaceshipone

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Anonymous Coward, 21 Jul 2011 @ 6:25pm

"When Cars Fly!"

When pigs fly! :)
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- Pixelation, 21 Jul 2011 @ 10:36pm
  
  Re:
  "When pigs fly! :)"
  
  I have a pig and he's very upset, you insensitive clod!
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Deimos280 (profile), 21 Jul 2011 @ 6:29pm

Where...
is my hooverboard?
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- :Lobo Santo (profile), 21 Jul 2011 @ 6:31pm
  
  Re: Where...
  The FBI has it--it's hiding in Hoover's old office.
  
  ;-P
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Anonymous Coward, 21 Jul 2011 @ 8:45pm

Check Jacque Fresco's ideas and models for the future (doesn't mean THAT is the future).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgORKTp_0ME
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Morgenstern, 22 Jul 2011 @ 8:09am

Flying cars
Terrafugia's Transition vehicle is already developed and awaiting production. Check it out here: http://terrafugia.com/
Those MIT grads certainly don't start with the small stuff.
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Wolfy, 22 Jul 2011 @ 9:24am

Give us time... BTW, the plural of aircraft is aircraft.
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hugh williams, 24 Jul 2011 @ 3:42pm

i want a flying car. never get stuck in traffic again
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