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[The Big Money] Terrafugia's Flying Car Will Be Safe | The Big Money: Now Terrafugia can add some automotive safety features such as airbags, crumple zones and a safety cage, and still qualify as a Light Sport Aircraft. The LSA designation is important because it opens the market up to a wider swath of potential customers thanks the simplified requirements needed to receive an LSA pilot’s license.

[Thinking Tech Blog RSS | SmartPlanet] Terrafugia's flying car gets FAA-approved weight gain - SmartPlanet: Most of my time has been spent covering business and technology out of Silicon Valley -- most recently for the San Francisco Chronicle -- but I've also covered politics for Minnesota Public Radio and worked for magazines, Web sites and other newspapers.

[Granite Geek] » FAA: “Flying car” can be heavier than an airplane :: Granite ...: Massachusetts-based Terrafugia has gotten Federal Aviation Administration approval to carry an extra 110 pounds on its “roadable aircraft” and still qualify as a Light Sport Aircraft. The company sought the exemption to the maximum takeoff weight so they could add automotive safety equipment like air bags and safety frame cage.

[Nashua Telegraph Blogs Master Site Feed] FAA: “Flying car” can be heavier than an airplane: Massachusetts-based Terrafugia has gotten Federal Aviation Administration approval to carry an extra 110 pounds on its “roadable aircraft” and still qualify as a Light Sport Aircraft. The company sought the exemption to the maximum .

[Jeqq - Submitted news] Flying Cars Hop Slightly Closer With FAA Weight Waiver on Friday ...: The FAA has made an exemption that moves this one step closer to reality. Terrafugia has been granted a weight limit exemption for a 'Roadable Airplane.' Next up is passing the federal highway safety tests."

[EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association] EAA News - Heavier Transition: Terrafugia will unveil computer renderings of its production prototype design at AirVenture during an opening day (Monday July 26) press conference scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Terrafugia exhibit, in Booth 23 of the main aircraft display area.

[Aero-News Network] Transition Roadable Aircraft Gets FAA Weight Waiver For - .:: Aero ...: Terrafugia has received an exemption from the FAA to allow theTransition Roadable Aircraft, or "Flying Car", a maximum takeoffweight (MTOW) of 1430 pounds (650 kg). This additional weightaccommodates the structure and equipment necessary for compliancewith the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) which arenot found in other Light Sport Aircraft.

[General Aviation News] Flying car gets weight increase: This additional weight accommodates the structure and equipment necessary for compliance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), which are not found in other Light Sport Aircraft, company officials said, noting items such as airbags, an energy absorbing crumple zone, and a protective safety cage will increase safety both on the road and in the air.

[Computer Nerds Blog] Flying Cars Hop Slightly Closer With FAA Weight Waiver: The FAA has made an exemption that moves this one step closer to reality. Terrafugia has been granted a weight limit exemption for a ‘Roadable Airplane.’

[WcP Blog - World Culture Pictorial] From car to aircraft in 15 seconds: 'roadable' plane Terrafugia ...: “The government, insurance companies and lawyers have never contemplated a flying car. I wanted a car that could fly and drive but you couldn’t do either because you couldn’t get insured.” Gersh is confident that he will be able to insure the Transition once it makes a successful test flight ”” and a safe landing.

[Nadyaithninismyname's Blog] july 3rd: Ever since Glenn Curtiss, a seaplane pioneer, racing legend and the Wright brothers’ rival, tried to make a flying car early in the last century, tinkerers have dreamed of having an automobile sprout wings, soar above the traffic, then land and tuck its wings away ready for a short trip into town.

[AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points] AOPA Pilot Blog: Reporting Points » Blog Archive » Flying car or ...: I believe the technology and engineering abilities are sufficiently advanced to develop a very capable “aerocar.” By very capable, I do not mean that it must compete against the best aircraft and against the best automobiles, but that it provides a good balance of compromise. Use of any aircraft requires compromise, even within the specific class of SEL aircraft.

[MIT Admissions | All Authors] MIT Admissions | Blog Entry: "Holiday Gifts, MIT Style": The Transition also offers modern safety features including an electronic center of gravity calculator (important for weight distribution in flying mode), GPS navigation unit, front and rear crumple zones, airbags, and patent-pending deformable aerodynamic bumpers. Since the driver’s visibility is impaired when the wings are folded up, a tiny camera system embedded in the vertical tails provides direct views of blind spots.

[perkonis] Security Gone Wild | perkonis: The FAA has made an exemption that moves this one step closer to reality. Terrafugia has been granted a weight limit exemption for a 'Roadable Airplane.' Next up is passing the federal highway safety tests." Read more of this story at .

[Palashbiswaskl's Weblog] Why Professor KHARAT was Attacked as DV theory of Jews & “Jews of ...:  It is Horrible keeping in mind that OBC leaders since Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patil, the Current President of India Mrs Pratibha Debi Patel, the Great Shindhias Vijoy Raje, Madhav Rao Sindhia and Vasundhara Raje,Kerala Marxist Chief Minister Achyutanandan, Cow Belt strongmen Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar and Mulayam Singh Yadav, Hindutva Icons like Baba Ramdev and EX CM MP, Uma Bharati, all remained and remain Even till thsi date in Mainstream Power politics and all of them do belong to OBC Communities.

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