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Dennis Scearce - Feb 24,2012
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Here you go. $80K, fly by flicking one switch, learn by Noon, drive-fly-drive. We are obviously making this way to hard. Must be that Subaru engine. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2010/10/27/am.bolduan.flying.car.cnn#/video/living/2010/10/27/am.bolduan.flying.car.cnn">http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2010/10/27/am.boldua<br>n.flying.car.cnn#/video/living/2010/10/27/am.bolduan.flying.<br>car.cnn</a><br />
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Don Maxwell - Feb 24,2012
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Yikes! Still gives me the chills.
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Frank A. Carr - Feb 24,2012
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The link takes me to a video of the Challenger disaster????
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Thomas Alexander Bowden - Feb 24,2012
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Where is the flying car?
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Dennis Scearce - Feb 25,2012
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Should be the correct link now. I have not a clue how that first video got there. I had just watched this one.
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Kenneth Leonard - Feb 25,2012
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Once again, the media allows their complete ignorance of aviation to show - without bothering to have an independent aviation person check their facts before publishing. Twice during the interview, they give the impression that this thing is a certified aircraft. Non-fliers will presume this means like a Cessna. Which couldn't be farther from the truth.
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Dan Nickens - Feb 25,2012
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I could forgive the reporter for getting the FAA certification facts all wrong, Ken, but, come on! She can't even figure out how to correctly pronounce the name of the place she is reporting from? That's lame.
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Don Maxwell - Feb 25,2012
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Dennis, I talked with those guys at Sun-n-Fun last year and sat in the driver's/pilot's seat, making engine noises with my mouth. If I had a spare 80 kilobucks I'd buy one this minute. It's very cool! <br /><br />The best thing is, they seem to have solved the problems inherent in parasail wings. The shroud lines don't get tangled, and the canopy never touches the ground. You simply raise the mast, which hoists the canopy out of its rooftop container, and then open the throttle. The mast stays up in flight, and that, they say, reduces (eliminates?) any chance of the canopy deflating in turbulence.<br /><br />True, it cruises at only 40 mph, but that's plenty fast enough if you're not trying to fly long distances--if you want to drive to some place and then fly around in it.<br /><br />Makes me think about shopping for a roadable dunebuggy and a powered parachute...
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Dennis Scearce - Feb 25,2012
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You are right, Don. I have a roadable dunebuggy (VW rail) and it is a hoot to drive. Now if it would also fly that would be way cool. But, the $2500 I paid for the VW rail isn't quite the $80K he wants for this one. I think I'll wait for the kit to come out.
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David Myers - Feb 27,2012
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lets be realistic here. Joe Shmo with his few hours of training, or even three month (who cares) gets frustrated with traffic, pulls over pops his chute out, takes off, and woo hoo hes flying. Then, uh oh here comes the sea breeze. Joe is dead. Seriously, how often are the conditions right for a parasail? these things are made to fly in nearly no wind, just wait till someone decides to take off in 15 kts. doesnt surprise me tho, “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
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Matt Tucciarone - Feb 27,2012
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I agree with David. This thing is a toy at best. Maybe someday they will come up with a real roadable aircraft. The thing on the glastar looked pretty interesting but how about the Terafuga? 200k and 400lb (maybe) useful load. Rotax 912s in driving conditions? Let see what that does to the slipper clutch.<br />
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Eric Batterman - Feb 27,2012
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Of course it's a toy. Until there is a Mr. Fusion for power, there probably won't be a "roadable" aircraft that is practical. But of course you would never get DOT or FAA approval.<img src="inline/10076-DeLorean_Time_Machine.jpg" alt="DeLorean Time Machine"><!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or > missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->
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