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[mppca.org] mppca.org » Blog Archive » Terrafugia's flying car makes maiden voyage: Terrafugia describes its Transition vehicle as a “roadable aircraft” and is pitching it in part as giving private pilots an easy travel alternative when bad weather makes flying a bad idea, or simply to avoid having to take a separate .

[HEADLINES] Terrafugia: new flying car design to be unveiled in July: Terrafugia will in July unveil a new design for its roadable aircraft Transition. Made longer to increase the distance between the pitch axis controls and the wing to improve pitch control, the beta prototype version will still fit inside a standard garage.

[The Aerospace Agenda] Terrafugia Roadable Aircraft "Transitions" to Flight: I have written for an aviation web site, and done some freelance articles for magazines. Finally, I like to think of myself as more of a generalist than a specialist.

[Next Big Future] Status of Flying Cars - Parajet, Samson Motorworks and Terrifugia ...: The Parajet SkyCar in “fly mode” is suspended by the latest ram-air wing and capable of take-off from a field or airstrip in less than 200 metres.

[Philip Greenspun's Weblog] Philip Greenspun's Weblog » The MIT Flying Car Flies: Terrafugia, the MIT spinoff company, has successfully conducted the first flight of its flying car (a.k.a. “roadable aircraft”).

[Hit and Run] Where's My Damn Flying Car?: An Update - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine: He took the weightand calculated the airmass needed to be moved to support the thing.First data point was that the noise level would be 126 dB, right atthe threshold of pain, to move enough air with those ducted fans tokeep the thing floating. Next back-of-the-envelope calculationshowed the specific-fuel consumption would be something like 30gallons per hour.

[Dark Roasted Blend] Dark Roasted Blend: Robots Making Cars: "The slight documentation that exists suggests that in 1709 Bartolomeo Gusmao, he who had set fire to the King of Portugal's curtains with the first lighter-than-air device, also demonstrated the first model glider and was granted a patent to build a full-scale man-carrying one. When constructed, however, the Passarola (Great Bird) remained earthbound.

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