http://bostinnovation.com/2011/07/05/flying-cars-get-ok-from-department-of-transportation/
+Discussion on hackernews: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2731197
That's a really cool site. Jetpacks are also now commercially available, although they are really expensive. Here comes the future we were promised!
Cool, it can be flown with a sport pilot certificate, rather than requiring a recreational or private pilot license.
I imagine it will be a while before the price on one of those comes down to something that normal people can afford.
I wonder if those folded up wings create a big blind spot when you're driving?
About time!
I approve of this inevitable carnage.
Quote from: DANGEROUS DOPE FIEND on July 08, 2011, 03:57:37 PM
About time!
THIS!!!
I mean damn they've been teasing is with this for years....
Quote from: Pastor Mungbean Zucchini on July 08, 2011, 01:46:53 PM
Cool, it can be flown with a sport pilot certificate, rather than requiring a recreational or private pilot license.
I imagine it will be a while before the price on one of those comes down to something that normal people can afford.
I wonder if those folded up wings create a big blind spot when you're driving?
$10,000 for one, so it says on the website.
ETA: Insomuch as they are currently available for purchase, at any rate. It's a "deposit until a purchase agreement is reached". Which translates to who the fuck knows? :lulz:
Poor Moller. :cry:
Whenever I hear people talk about flying cars, all I can think of is piles of twisted flaming wreckage and the screams of the pilots trapped inside.
And then I think, "That's the spirit of the age."